Compton Church

Compton Church is a Church Of God In Christ church in Galveston, TX 77550. It is one of 125 churches in Galveston.

Galveston, TX, 77550

Service times

  • Sunday 11am · Mornings

Phone: (409) 762-9153 · Website: https://www.comptonmemorialcogic.com/

Compton Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,773 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Texas — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.

Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.

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The community around Compton Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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.

  • Obesity: 40.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.2% (16.5–31.9%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.9% (9.6–26.1%)
  • Diabetes: 16.9%
  • Unemployment: 9.7% (3.2–17.0%)
  • Child Poverty: 24.4% (15.4–44.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Galveston city is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 602 residents.

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