Second Baptist Church

Second Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Knoxville, TN 37917. It is one of 684 churches in Knoxville, and one of 128 Baptist congregations in the city.

We GATHER as worshippers, in order to GROW as/into disciples, who GIVE of ourselves, that the Gospel may GO to the ends of the Earth.

Knoxville, TN, 37917

Service times

  • Sunday 8:30am
  • Sunday 9:45am
  • Wednesday 6pm · Evening

Shares a ministry location with Centerpointe Baptist Church and Ministerios Apostolicos Nueva Esperanza Internacional.

Second 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.

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Latest from Second Baptist UC's YouTube channel: Sunday Morning Worship 09-13-2026 (all videos).

The community around Second Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults here carry depression. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Depression: 31.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.2%
  • Diabetes: 13.3%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (6.4–19.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Knoxville city is served by 226 churches — about one congregation for every 868 residents.

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