Temple Baptist Church

Temple Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Centralia, IL 62801. It is one of 54 churches in Centralia, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.

Centralia, IL, 62801

Temple Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,210 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 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 Temple 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. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Obesity: 40.5%
  • Social Isolation: 35.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 23.3% (15.1–31.4%)
  • Food Insecurity: 20.4%
  • Unemployment: 9.7% (4.0–15.3%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.7%
  • Depression: 23.8%
  • Diabetes: 14.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Centralia city is served by 28 churches — about one congregation for every 301 residents.

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