Central Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church at 201 Ave St. in Waycross, GA 31501. It is one of 163 churches in Waycross.
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201 Ave St., Waycross, GA, 31501Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 5,867 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Georgia — 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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Latest from Central Baptist Church Waycross, GA's YouTube channel: August 2, 2026 Worship Service (all videos).
The community around Central Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 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 about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 45.3%
- Food Insecurity: 32.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
- Poverty Rate: 30.6% (20.1–41.2%)
- Diabetes: 21.1%
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.0%
- Child Poverty: 26.5% (9.5–43.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.5% (8.0–20.9%)
- Unemployment: 6.9% (1.5–12.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Waycross city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 161 residents.
Churches near Central Baptist Church
- The Rock (Central Baptist Church Youth Building) — 0.1 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Sweetwater Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Ambassadors For Christ Of The Living God Ministries, Inc. — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- King Solomon Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Faith Temple Church — 0.6 mi away
- El Bethel Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- The Rock (Central Baptist Church Youth Building) — 0.1 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Sweetwater Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- The Upper Room Outreach Ministries — 0.8 mi away