Greater South Baptist Church
Greater South Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Springfield, TN 37172. It is one of 82 churches in Springfield, and one of 15 Baptist congregations in the city.
Springfield, TN, 37172Service times
Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 9:00 am (as listed)
Phone: (615) 384-4511 · Website: http://www.greatersouthbaptistchurch.org/
Greater South Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,871 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Tennessee — 71,417 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 Greater South Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.4% (15.1–31.7%)
- Obesity: 43.0%
- Child Poverty: 34.3% (19.2–49.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
- Depression: 27.9%
- Poverty Rate: 23.7% (14.7–32.8%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.9%
- Diabetes: 16.7%
- Unemployment: 6.7% (1.9–11.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Springfield city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 1,256 residents.
Churches near Greater South Baptist Church
- Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- 19th Avenue Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Hispana Bautista Rios de Agua Viva — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel Apostolic Temple Church — 0.5 mi away
- Community Baptist — 0.5 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Greater Whites Chapel CME — 0.5 mi away
- St John United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Christ Community Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Springfield Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- North Springfield Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Epiphany Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
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