Central Church
Central Church is a Baptist church at 13 Nash Drive in Athens, TN 37303. It is one of 88 churches in Athens, and one of 9 Baptist congregations in the city.
13 Nash Drive, Athens, TN, 37303Phone: (423) 745-0400 · Website: http://www.centralbaptistathens.org/
Central Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,860 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Tennessee — 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 Central Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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: 48.0%
- Depression: 30.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
- Diabetes: 16.6%
- Poverty Rate: 20.5% (13.5–27.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (6.5–18.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Athens city is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 289 residents.
Churches near Central Church
- Athens Church of the Nazarene — 0.5 mi away
- A Servant's Heart Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
- Freedman Chapel — 0.6 mi away
- Allen Memorial Church — 0.7 mi away
- West End Church — 0.7 mi away
- Keith Memorial Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Athens Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Athens Church — 0.7 mi away
- Freedman Chapel — 0.9 mi away
- City Park Chapel — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Parkway Church — 1.2 mi away
- Freedom Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
- North Athens Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
- West View Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away