St. Paul Baptist Church

St. Paul Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Columbia, SC 29203. It is one of 535 churches in Columbia, and one of 75 Baptist congregations in the city.

Columbia, SC, 29203

St. Paul 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.

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The community around St. Paul Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 33.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.5%
  • Diabetes: 20.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.5%
  • Obesity: 42.4%
  • Social Isolation: 38.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
  • Unemployment: 9.5% (3.7–15.3%)
  • Child Poverty: 26.7% (14.9–40.3%)
  • Poverty Rate: 21.5% (13.8–29.2%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (5.0–22.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Columbia city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 960 residents.

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