Central Congregational Church
Central Congregational Church is a Congregational church in Providence, RI 02906. It is one of 214 churches in Providence, and one of 2 Congregational congregations in the city.
We seek to tie our faith to social justice and shape cutting-edge theology and service in an ever-changing world - always trying to provide aid and resources to those who need it most.
At Central Congregational Church, our mission is to build loving relationships across all boundaries, both within and beyond the church.
Wheelchair accessible
Providence, RI, 02906Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 8am · between
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 1pm · between
Phone: (401) 331-1960 · Website: http://www.centralchurch.us/
Central Congregational Church is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 26 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Rhode Island — 2,928 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
Ministries at Central Congregational Church
- Mission in Action Committee
- Food Pantry
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The community around Central Congregational Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 45.0%
- Poverty Rate: 30.9% (20.1–41.7%)
- Unemployment: 15.3% (2.2–28.5%)
- Depression: 25.3%
- Food Insecurity: 19.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Providence city is served by 132 churches — about one congregation for every 1,437 residents.
Churches near Central Congregational Church
- United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Fellowship of House Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Stephens Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.5 mi away
- Brown-RISD Catholic Community — 0.5 mi away
- Providence Friends Meeting House — 0.5 mi away
- Community Church of Providence — 0.5 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Hope City Church — 0.5 mi away
- St. Joseph's — 0.5 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
- United Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Beneficent Congregational Church — 1.1 mi away
- Covenant Congregational Church — 2.3 mi away in Pawtucket, RI
- Newman Church — 2.5 mi away in East Providence, RI
- United Church of Christ — 2.9 mi away in East Providence, RI
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