Central Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1084 Lafayette Avenue in New York, NY 11221. It is one of 2,692 churches in New York, and one of 270 Baptist congregations in the city.
Central Baptist Church is an oasis in the city: a home to Wall Street executives and local grocery store clerks; to committed married couples and to strong independent singles; all of whom are united in a common goal to see Christ exalted in their lives.
1084 Lafayette Avenue, New York, NY, 11221Service times
- Sunday 11am
- Wednesday 7pm
Shares a ministry location with Rugged Cross Baptist Church.
Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,462 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 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 Central Baptist Church
- Youth Ministry
- Women's Ministry
- Men's Ministry
- Senior's Ministry
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The community around Central Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 4,600 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.
- Food Insecurity: 28.3%
- Unemployment: 12.4% (3.5–21.4%)
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.6%
- Poverty Rate: 25.1% (14.3–36.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 23.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
Churches near Central Baptist Church
- Rugged Cross Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Open Door Church of God In Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary First Nigerian Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away in Brooklyn, NY
- Saint Paul — 0.2 mi away in Brooklyn, NY
- Omega Fire Ministries — 0.2 mi away in Brooklyn, NY
- Varick Memorial AME Zion Church — 0.2 mi away in Brooklyn, NY
- South Bushwick Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away in Brooklyn, NY
- Metro International Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lexington Avenue Church Of God — 0.2 mi away
- Home Christian Center — 0.2 mi away in Brooklyn, NY
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mount Pisgah Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Trinity Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Carmel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away