Central Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Meridian, MS 39301. It is one of 169 churches in Meridian, and one of 38 Baptist congregations in the city.
Meridian, MS, 39301Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Central Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 52.2%
- Food Insecurity: 50.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.3%
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Poverty Rate: 39.7% (24.4–55.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 35.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.9%
- Diabetes: 24.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.8%
- Unemployment: 10.5% (1.9–19.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Meridian city is served by 90 churches — about one congregation for every 361 residents.
Churches near Central Baptist Church
- Agape Storehouse Apostolic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Hawkins Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Courts of Praise — 0.1 mi away
- LoveNOW Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Life Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- St Elizabeth United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Greater Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away