Central Memorial Missionary Baptist Church
Central Memorial Missionary Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 249 North Kedzie Avenue in Chicago, IL 60612. It is one of 3,009 churches in Chicago, and one of 13 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
Empowered by faith, united in love, and committed to making a Kingdom impact.
Rooted in faith and built on a legacy of service, our church has been a beacon of hope for generations.
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249 North Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60612Service times
- Sunday 9am · School
Central Memorial Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,418 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.
Ministries at Central Memorial Missionary Baptist Church
- Various Ministries
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The community around Central Memorial Missionary Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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.
- Child Poverty: 91.9%
- Poverty Rate: 51.4% (35.6–67.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 50.2%
- Obesity: 46.4%
- Social Isolation: 40.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 38.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 25.4%
- Diabetes: 19.4%
- Unemployment: 13.8% (4.7–23.0%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (1.8–23.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Chicago city is served by 1,693 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.
Churches near Central Memorial Missionary Baptist Church
- New Life Deliverance Baptist — 0.1 mi away
- Chaplain Baptist Love Ministry Military Chapel — 0.1 mi away
- Joshua Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Stephen AME Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Refuge Chicago — 0.2 mi away
- New Greater Saint John Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Soul Savers Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Grace CRC in Garfield — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Life Deliverance Baptist — 0.1 mi away
- New Greater Saint John Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Philadelphia Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Rose of Sharon Community Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Tabernacle of Faith — 0.4 mi away