Central Baptist Church

Central Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Washington, DC 20020. It is one of 862 churches in Washington, and one of 214 Baptist congregations in the city.

Washington, DC, 20020

Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 231 congregations of the Baptist family gather across District of Columbia — 71,420 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 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 38.1%
  • Unemployment: 8.0% (1.7–14.4%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 19.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.7%
  • Diabetes: 13.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.4%

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

Washington city is served by 535 churches — about one congregation for every 1,253 residents.

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