Portside Baptist Church

Portside Baptist Church is a Baptist church in North Charleston, SC 29406. It is one of 196 churches in North Charleston, and one of 23 Baptist congregations in the city.

We resolve to be on mission at all times. We want to see Charleston and the world captivated by Christ.

We strive for simplicity! We seek to closely model after the early church in Acts 2 by making the plain things the main things. We devote ourselves to the preaching of the Word, fellowship, prayer, and making disciples of Jesus.

North Charleston, SC, 29406

Website: http://www.portsidebaptistchurch.org/

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

Ministries at Portside Baptist Church

Children's Ministry
Good Vine Farm
Missions
Charleston Classical School

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The community around Portside 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. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 43.0% (28.1–58.0%)
Food Insecurity: 31.1%
Uninsured All Ages (Census): 25.0% (17.7–32.2%)
Social Isolation: 34.4%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
Poverty Rate: 24.1% (15.4–32.7%)
Housing Insecurity: 22.6%
Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.8%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.0%
Obesity: 39.0%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
Diabetes: 14.7%
Unemployment: 6.6% (2.5–10.9%)

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

North Charleston city is served by 101 churches — about one congregation for every 1,220 residents.

Churches near Portside Baptist Church

Two Rivers Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
Rehoboth Ministries International — 0.1 mi away
gracia ministry sc — 0.1 mi away
Seacoast Church — 0.2 mi away
Customnch — 0.3 mi away
Victory Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
Body of Christ — 0.5 mi away
First Southern Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
Christ Temple Church — 0.6 mi away
New Victory Temple — 0.8 mi away

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