Morris Street Baptist Church

Morris Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 25 Morris Street in Charleston, SC 29403. It is one of 236 churches in Charleston, and one of 20 Baptist congregations in the city.

From a two-room building on Morris Street, Morris Street Baptist Church emerged as the "Mother Church among Negro Baptists" in The Low Country of South Carolina on May 9, 1865.

Elevator · Part of Charleston County Missionary Baptist Association

25 Morris Street, Charleston, SC, 29403

Service times

  • Sunday 10am

Phone: +1-843-723-0408 · Website: https://www.morrisstreetbaptist.org

Morris Street Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at Morris Street Baptist Church

  • Food Bank
  • Social Butterflies

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The community around Morris Street Baptist 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. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

  • Poverty Rate: 41.5% (28.2–54.8%)
  • Social Isolation: 37.2%
  • Depression: 28.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 18.6% (13.8–24.9%)
  • Unemployment: 6.9% (1.4–12.5%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Charleston city is served by 112 churches — about one congregation for every 1,322 residents.

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