Central Baptist Church

Central Baptist Church is a Independent Baptist church at 710 James Lee Rd in Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547-2220. It is one of 68 churches in Fort Walton Beach, and one of 2 Independent Baptist congregations in the city.

710 James Lee Rd, Fort Walton Beach, FL, 32547-2220

Phone: (765) 577-0095 · Website: https://centralbaptistfwb.org/

Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,719 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Florida — 71,417 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 the people here live without health insurance. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. 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.

  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 29.5% (20.5–38.5%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 20.9% (12.4–29.3%)
  • Diabetes: 13.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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