Greater Zion Baptist Church
Greater Zion Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Sweetwater, TX 79556. It is one of 37 churches in Sweetwater, and one of 7 Baptist congregations in the city.
Sweetwater, TX, 79556Greater Zion 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.
Find Greater Zion Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Greater Zion Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,200 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.7%
- Diabetes: 16.2%
- Obesity: 40.0%
- Depression: 23.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (8.2–19.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Sweetwater city is served by 25 churches — about one congregation for every 410 residents.
Churches near Greater Zion Baptist Church
- Lighthouse Assembly of God — 0.3 mi away
- Avenue B church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Broadway Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Assembly of God — 0.6 mi away
- Sweetwater Church of God — 0.7 mi away
- Holy Family Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Avondale Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Emmanuel Fellowship Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Broadway Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Avondale Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Lamar Street Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Trinity Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away