Central Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Bakersfield, CA 93304. It is one of 434 churches in Bakersfield, and one of 39 Baptist congregations in the city.
Bakersfield, CA, 93304Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,885 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 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 a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 35.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.6%
- Social Isolation: 38.6%
- Child Poverty: 34.2% (17.8–50.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
- Poverty Rate: 24.3% (15.8–32.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
- Unemployment: 11.4% (3.8–19.0%)
- Obesity: 39.3%
- Depression: 23.6%
- Diabetes: 14.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (6.1–16.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Bakersfield city is served by 97 churches — about one congregation for every 3,983 residents.
Churches near Central Baptist Church
- Central Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- AJEC Region Pacifico — 0.3 mi away
- Runners Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Michaels Chapel — 0.5 mi away
- St Michael's Chapel — 0.5 mi away
- Loving Way Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Vessels of Honor Ministries — 0.5 mi away
- Pentecostal Church Of God International Movement (house Of Refuge) — 0.6 mi away
- Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Praise Center of Bakersfield — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Chester Avenue Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Faith Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Tri-Stone Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Saint Martin's Chapel of Bakersfield — 1 mi away
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