Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Washington Avenue Baptist Church is a church in Cookeville, TN 38501. It is one of 96 churches in Cookeville.
The mission of Washington Avenue Baptist Church is the same mission Jesus gave his followers: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Part of Southern Baptist Convention
Cookeville, TN, 38501Website: http://www.wabconline.com/
Washington Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Washington Avenue Baptist Church
- Avenue Kids
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The community around Washington Avenue 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. About 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and about a third of adults here carry depression. 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.1% (14.4–27.8%)
- Depression: 30.4%
- Poverty Rate: 27.2% (17.1–37.3%)
- Obesity: 37.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Cookeville city is served by 55 churches — about one congregation for every 463 residents.
Churches near Washington Avenue Baptist Church
- The Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Cookeville Baptist Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Summerfield Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christ's Community Church — 0.4 mi away
- UCSC at Tennessee Tech — 0.6 mi away
- Cookeville First Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
- Collegeside Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Iglesia Adventista Del 7mo Dia Maranatha — 0.6 mi away
- First United Pentecostal Church - North Campus — 0.6 mi away
- Life Church — 0.6 mi away