Greater First Baptist Church
Greater First Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Rockport, TX 78382. It is one of 31 churches in Rockport, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
Rockport, TX, 78382Greater First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 7,496 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Texas — 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 Greater First Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live 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.
- Diabetes: 18.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
- Poverty Rate: 24.7% (13.0–36.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.5%
- Unemployment: 11.5% (4.2–18.8%)
- Obesity: 39.3%
- Depression: 23.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (8.8–19.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Rockport city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 952 residents.
Churches near Greater First Baptist Church
- Rockport Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Assembly Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Church Unlimited — 0.3 mi away
- Rockport First — 0.3 mi away
- Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Rockport — 0.3 mi away
- Clear Lake Chinese Church — 0.4 mi away in Webster, TX
- New Beginnings Ministries — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church of Rockport — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Rockport — 1.1 mi away
- Fulton Community Church — 2.9 mi away in Fulton, TX
- Salt Lake Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 6.2 mi away in Aransas Pass, TX