Greater Friendship Baptist Church
Greater Friendship Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Houston, TX 77085. It is one of 2,528 churches in Houston, and one of 718 Baptist congregations in the city.
Houston, TX, 77085Greater Friendship Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,375 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 71,350 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 Friendship Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 28.0% (19.9–36.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.5%
- Obesity: 44.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
- Poverty Rate: 23.3% (15.8–30.8%)
- Diabetes: 17.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
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