Lake Forest Baptist Church
Lake Forest Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1626 Lake Branch Drive in Wilmington, NC 28401. It is one of 266 churches in Wilmington, and one of 40 Baptist congregations in the city.
Lake Forest Baptist Church is a cooperating church of the Southern Baptist Convention.
1626 Lake Branch Drive, Wilmington, NC, 28401Service times
- Wednesday 6:30pm · Bible Study - Praise Team Rehearsal -
- Wednesday 7:30pm · Bible Study - Praise Team Rehearsal -
Phone: (910) 763-4078 · Website: https://www.lakeforestbaptist.org/
Lake Forest 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.
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Latest from Burton Vezina II's YouTube channel: 7/22/2026 "AUDIO ONLY" The Word on Wednesday at Lake Forest Baptist Church. Revelation 20:11-15 (all videos).
The community around Lake Forest Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.6%
- Food Insecurity: 32.9%
- Diabetes: 20.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.3%
- Obesity: 43.5%
- Social Isolation: 36.2%
- Poverty Rate: 28.0% (18.5–37.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
- Depression: 26.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Wilmington city is served by 93 churches — about one congregation for every 1,174 residents.
Churches near Lake Forest Baptist Church
- Epworth United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mosaic Faith Community — 0.3 mi away
- The Lord's Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Andrews African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.4 mi away
- Hope Baptist Church for All Nations — 0.5 mi away
- Macedonia Fire Baptized Holiness Church — 0.5 mi away
- Greater Morning Star Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Faith Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses — 0.6 mi away
- Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Hope Baptist Church for All Nations — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Nebo Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Sunset Park Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church — 1 mi away
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