Sumter Baptist Temple
Sumter Baptist Temple is a Baptist church at 2295 Harper St in Sumter, SC 29153-1907. It is one of 206 churches in Sumter, and one of 18 Baptist congregations in the city.
Sumter Baptist Temple was founded in 1975 by Pastor Eddie Richardson and he pastored SBT until his retirement in 2010.
Serving since 1975
2295 Harper St, Sumter, SC, 29153-1907Phone: +18034690288 · Website: http://www.sumterbaptist.org/index/index.php
Sumter Baptist Temple is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,022 congregations of the Baptist family gather across South Carolina — 71,872 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 Sumter Baptist Temple
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 41.9%
- Social Isolation: 34.2%
- Food Insecurity: 23.5%
- Diabetes: 15.2%
- Unemployment: 10.2% (2.3–18.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Sumter Baptist Temple
- Plaza Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Saint James Church — 0.5 mi away
- Canaan Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Harmony Church — 0.6 mi away
- Bible Way Church of Sumter — 0.8 mi away
- Dominion Church - Sumter Campus — 0.8 mi away
- First Church of God — 0.9 mi away
- Jefferson Rd FWB Church — 0.9 mi away
- PO Coleman Ministries — 1 mi away
- Bethesda Church of God — 1 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Canaan Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Crosspoint Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Alice Drive Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Gateway Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Kingdom M-Pact Worship Center — 2.1 mi away
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