Hillcrest Baptist Church
Hillcrest Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 216 Independence Avenue in Laurens, SC 29360. It is one of 70 churches in Laurens, and one of 27 Baptist congregations in the city.
216 Independence Avenue, Laurens, SC, 29360Service times
- Sunday 2pm · SchoolAugust
- Sunday 9am · SchoolAugust
Shares a ministry location with Upstate Gathering at Laurens.
Hillcrest Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,022 congregations of the Baptist family gather across South Carolina — 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.
Ministries at Hillcrest Baptist Church
- Children's Church
- Student Ministry
- Prayer and Bible Study
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The community around Hillcrest Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 34.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
- Food Insecurity: 22.9%
- Diabetes: 16.6%
- Obesity: 36.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (8.3–18.6%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Laurens city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 240 residents.
Churches near Hillcrest Baptist Church
- Upstate Gathering at Laurens — 0 mi away
- Evidence of Faith Worldwide Ministry — 0.8 mi away in Joanna, SC
- Saint Paul First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away
- New Beginnings in Christ — 1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
- Church of the Epiphany — 1.1 mi away
- Centro de Gracia IPUL — 1.3 mi away
- Holy Spirit Catholic Church — 1.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Saint Paul First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Lucas Avenue Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
- Lucas Avenue Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Second Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
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