Woodruff Place Baptist Church
Woodruff Place Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1739 East Michigan Street in Indianapolis, IN 46201. It is one of 1,038 churches in Indianapolis, and one of 138 Baptist congregations in the city.
We are committed to being “salt and light” in Indianapolis, choosing to minister to our community in person and up close.
At Woodruff Place Baptist Church, we believe that the people of the city cannot be won to Christ if Christians keep their distance. We are committed to being “salt and light” in Indianapolis, choosing to minister to our community in person and up close. We view our city not just as a location, but as a mission field where we serve as the hands and feet of Jesus.
1739 East Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46201Service times
- Sunday 11am
Phone: (317) 639-2501 · Website: http://woodruffplacebaptist.org/
Woodruff Place 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 — 71,352 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 Woodruff Place Baptist Church
- Sports Ministry
- Urban Hope Indy
- Cooking with Rhonda
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Upcoming events at Woodruff Place Baptist Church
- Fri, Nov 6 · 6:30 PM: The Friday Thing — Woodruff Place Church, 1739 E Michigan St, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46201, United States
- Fri, Nov 6 · 7:30 PM: N.A — Woodruff Place Church, 1739 E Michigan St, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46201, United States
- Sat, Nov 7 · 9 AM: UHI women's/girls basketball — Woodruff Place Church, 1739 E Michigan St, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46201, United States
- Sat, Nov 7 · 9:45 AM: Body, Mind, Spirit Taekwondo — Indiana
- Sat, Nov 7 · 1 PM: CinCity Basketball — Indiana
From Woodruff Place Baptist Church's public calendar (http://woodruffplacebaptist.org/). Times are the church's local time.
The community around Woodruff Place Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 36.2%
- Depression: 28.5%
- Poverty Rate: 25.7% (16.0–35.4%)
- Food Insecurity: 20.8%
- Unemployment: 8.8% (2.3–15.4%)
- Obesity: 38.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 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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- East Tenth United Methodist Children and Youth Center — 0.7 mi away
- Iglesia San Patricio — 0.7 mi away
- St. Philip Neri Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away
- First Free Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Englewood Christian Church — 0.8 mi away
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- Nehemiah Bible Church — 1 mi away
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