Central Baptist Church

Central Baptist Church is a church at 1611 2nd Ave in Opelika, AL 36801-5617. It is one of 124 churches in Opelika.

1611 2nd Ave, Opelika, AL, 36801-5617

Phone: 13347452482 · Website: https://www.cbcopelika.com/

Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,553 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 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 Central Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 47.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 31.0% (17.0–45.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 30.2%
  • Diabetes: 20.0%
  • Social Isolation: 35.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.5%
  • Unemployment: 8.9% (0.9–17.0%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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