Light of the World Baptist Church
Light of the World Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1045 North Traub Avenue in Indianapolis, IN 46222. It is one of 1,038 churches in Indianapolis, and one of 138 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our ultimate mission is to be and to share the Good News of Jesus Christ, witnessing, loving and serving from our doorsteps "to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8
Serving since 1866
1045 North Traub Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, 46222Service times
- Sunday 10:30am
Phone: (317) 254-5922 · Website: http://www.lightoftheworld.org/
Light of the World Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,265 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 71,350 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 Light of the World Baptist Church
- Food Pantry
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The community around Light of the World Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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: 47.1%
- Food Insecurity: 37.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
- Poverty Rate: 31.3% (19.0–43.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.7%
- Diabetes: 19.0%
- Unemployment: 15.8% (7.1–24.6%)
- Social Isolation: 38.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
- Depression: 25.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Indianapolis city (balance) is served by 592 churches — about one congregation for every 1,486 residents.
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- New Day Apostolic Church — 0.1 mi away
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- Caldwell Chapel AME Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Paul Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Westside Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Army Of The Lord — 0.3 mi away
- Victory Tabernacle Apostolic — 0.3 mi away
- Latter House Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Vernon Community Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
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- Westside Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
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- New Light Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Samuel Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
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