Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Washington Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Cookeville, TN 38501. It is one of 154 churches in Cookeville, and one of 10 Baptist congregations in the city.
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.
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, 38501Service times
- Sunday 8am
- Sunday 9:15am · School
- Sunday 10:30am
Phone: (931) 526-1917 · Website: http://www.wabconline.com/
Washington Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,872 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Tennessee — 71,419 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.
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
More Baptist churches nearby
- Cookeville Baptist Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Hilham Road Free Will Baptist — 0.8 mi away
- Bible Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- United Free Will Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
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