Second Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Catskill, NY 12414. It is one of 19 churches in Catskill, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.
The historic Second Baptist Church was organized in 1889 when some Black members left the First Baptist Church and formed their own congregation.
Serving since 1889
Catskill, NY, 12414Second Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,466 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 71,417 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 Second Baptist Church
- Free Lunch Program
- Nursing Home Ministry
- Prison Ministry
- Women’s Refuge
- Vacation Bible School
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Latest from Second Baptist Catskill's YouTube channel: Second Baptist 137th Church Anniversary (all videos).
The community around Second Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand 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.
- Social Isolation: 33.4%
- Unemployment: 8.4% (0.0–17.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 16.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Catskill village is served by 9 churches — about one congregation for every 247 residents.
Churches near Second Baptist Church
- Mount Tabor African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.1 mi away
- Catskill Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Reformed Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.4 mi away
- Jesus Centered Life Church — 0.5 mi away
- Catskill United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away in Hudson, NY
- First Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Hudson, NY
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Hudson, NY
- Amazing Grace Church — 6.2 mi away