Central Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church is a Baptist church in East Chicago, IN 46312. It is one of 89 churches in East Chicago, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.
East Chicago, IN, 46312Shares a ministry location with Iglesia Bautista Fundamental.
Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,291 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 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 Central Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 51.2% (31.6–70.8%)
- Obesity: 45.8%
- Food Insecurity: 39.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.3%
- Diabetes: 19.2%
- Social Isolation: 35.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
- Poverty Rate: 25.4% (14.8–36.1%)
- Unemployment: 9.8% (3.5–16.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 17.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.3% (8.2–20.3%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
East Chicago city is served by 55 churches — about one congregation for every 479 residents.
Churches near Central Baptist Church
- Iglesia Bautista Fundamental — 0 mi away
- Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostés — 0.1 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Despertamiento Nueva Sion Indiana — 0.3 mi away
- Freedom Church — 0.3 mi away
- Faith World Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- Good Shepherd Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Michael Polish National Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Greater First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Hoffman Street Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in Hammond, IN
- Greater First Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
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