West Whitner Baptist Church

West Whitner Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2607 West Whitner Street in Anderson, SC 29626. It is one of 217 churches in Anderson, and one of 61 Baptist congregations in the city.

2607 West Whitner Street, Anderson, SC, 29626

West Whitner Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,022 congregations of the Baptist family gather across South Carolina — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around West Whitner Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

  • Food Insecurity: 32.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
  • Diabetes: 18.6%
  • Obesity: 43.6%
  • Social Isolation: 37.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.4% (15.8–38.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
  • Depression: 26.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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