Highland Baptist Church

Highland Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Leicester, NC 28748. It is one of 29 churches in Leicester, and one of 16 Baptist congregations in the city.

Serving since 1954 · Ramp access

Leicester, NC, 28748

Service times

  • Wednesday 6am
  • Thursday 6:30pm
  • Saturday 9am

Highland Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,587 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 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.

Ministries at Highland Baptist Church

  • Children and Youth Ministry
  • Senior Adult Ministry
  • Special Needs Ministry

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The community around Highland Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, about 1 in 7 the people here live without health insurance. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand 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.

  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.2% (8.4–24.0%)
  • Social Isolation: 31.4%
  • Depression: 27.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 15.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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