Central Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 3625 Clement Road in Columbia, SC 29203. It is one of 535 churches in Columbia, and one of 75 Baptist congregations in the city.
The Central Baptist Church is a progressive and innovative church family with a theme of “Reclaiming Our Families Through Patience, Perseverance, and Prayer.” We have a myriad of talents and gifts within our church body. We believe in the holistic approach to ministry, and we have over forty ministries to help the total person. Our church family is friendly and faithful…and truly the Favor of God is upon us. We are excited about the vision that God has placed upon the ministry of this church. God never gives a vision without making provisions!
3625 Clement Road, Columbia, SC, 29203Service times
- Sunday 4pm–10am · School Class ages will be held
- Sunday 9am · School Class ages will be held
Phone: (646) 558-8656 · Website: http://www.centralbaptistcolumbia.org/
Central Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,009 congregations of the Baptist family gather across South Carolina — 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 Central Baptist Church
- Education Ministry
- Health and Wellness Ministry
- Transportation Ministry
- Youth Primary Sunday School Class
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The community around Central Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Child Poverty: 52.7% (36.7–70.1%)
- Poverty Rate: 33.7% (22.7–44.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 32.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
- Obesity: 41.7%
- Social Isolation: 36.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.5%
- Diabetes: 17.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
- Depression: 24.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Columbia city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 960 residents.
Churches near Central Baptist Church
- Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- God's Church of Deliverance — 0.4 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Mark United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Second Chance Evangelical Church — 0.6 mi away
- Village Of Hope Fellowship Church — 0.7 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.7 mi away
- Earlewood Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Reformation Lutheran Church — 0.8 mi away
- Fruit of the Spirit — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Earlewood Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Burning Bush Church — 0.9 mi away
- Greater Carolina Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Park Street Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
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