Payne Avenue Baptist Church
Payne Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Knoxville, TN 37914. It is one of 684 churches in Knoxville, and one of 128 Baptist congregations in the city.
I am persuaded by the teachingsOf the blessed Bible-By daily reading, meditation and communionWith my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ-To live an upright Christian Life,To practice His teachings in my Dealings with my fellowman-To dedicate my talents and give of My time, influence, and meansTo teaching
the general missionsministry The focus and aims of the General Missions are founded on the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20) and the ideals embodied in The Christian’s Pledge, i.e, practicing the teachings of Jesus in dealing with others; dedicating our talents, time and resources to spreading the Word of God; winning others to Christ through witnessing, personal services and ministry; encouraging and guiding young people in Christian work and service.
Part of National Baptist Convention
Knoxville, TN, 37914Service times
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am
- Sunday 10:30am
Payne Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 3,871 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Tennessee — 71,417 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 Payne Avenue Baptist Church
- General Missions
- Community Assistance
- Missions Outreach
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The community around Payne 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand 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.
- Obesity: 47.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.8%
- Diabetes: 22.9%
- Depression: 28.4%
- Poverty Rate: 28.1% (17.9–38.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.9% (8.4–23.4%)
- Unemployment: 8.6% (1.3–15.9%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Knoxville city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 868 residents.
Churches near Payne Avenue Baptist Church
- Magnolia Avenue United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Logan Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Shiloh PF Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Grace Bible Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel AME Church — 0.4 mi away
- Overcoming Believers — 0.4 mi away
- Emmanuel Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Cherry Street Church Of God — 0.4 mi away
- Church of God Sanctified — 0.5 mi away
- Fifth Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Grace Bible Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Fifth Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Edgewood Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church — 0.5 mi away
- All Scripture Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Knoxville Baptist Tabernacle Church — 0.5 mi away
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