Bates Memorial Baptist Church
Bates Memorial Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 620 Lampton Street in Louisville, KY 40203. It is one of 838 churches in Louisville, and one of 189 Baptist congregations in the city.
We exist to be God’s hands of comfort and to express God’s heart of love to all humanity.
At Bates Memorial, we gather to grow in faith, serve with compassion, and rejoice in God’s promises.
620 Lampton Street, Louisville, KY, 40203Service times
- Saturday 11am
- Sunday 10am
- Sunday 8am
Phone: (502) 636-0523 · Website: https://www.batesmemorial.com/
Bates Memorial Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,797 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Kentucky — 71,419 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 Bates Memorial Baptist Church
- Worship and Arts
- Congregational Care Ministry
- D-Free Ministry
- RUSH: Recovery Until Solutions Happen
- Sankofa Center Bookstore
- Bates Health Ministry
- Greeters Ministry
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Upcoming events at Bates Memorial Baptist Church
- Mon, Sep 21 · 1 PM: Meeting with Lunch — Fireside Room, 620 Lampton Street, Louisville, KY 40203
- Sun, Sep 27 · 8:30 AM: Primary (Grades 1-3) — Room 103, 728 Lampton St , Louisville, KY 40203
- Sat, Oct 3 · 6 PM: DECISION COUNSELORS MEETING — Fellowship Hall, 620 Lampton Street, Louisville, KY 40203
- Mon, Oct 5 · 12 PM: N2Deep : Diving Deeper into the Things of God — Bates Memorial Baptist Church
From Bates Memorial Baptist Church's public calendar (https://www.batesmemorial.com/). Times are the church's local time.
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Latest from Bates Memorial Baptist Church's YouTube channel: 9/20/26 12p | Sunday Worship Service | Bates Memorial Baptist Church | Rev. Dr. Joe Ellison, III (all videos).
The community around Bates Memorial Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 47.0%
- Poverty Rate: 37.3% (23.4–51.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.4%
- Diabetes: 18.4%
- Depression: 26.3%
- Unemployment: 6.3% (1.1–12.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Louisville city is served by 321 churches — about one congregation for every 729 residents.
Churches near Bates Memorial Baptist Church
- Grace Hope Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Coke Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mt Olive Community Activity — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Spradling Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Little Flock Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Green Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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