East Side Baptist Church
East Side Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Memphis, TN 38134. It is one of 1,544 churches in Memphis, and one of 427 Baptist congregations in the city.
East Side Baptist Church first began in couples home in Memphis (The Bomprezzis). This small group of 18 believers soon called Teddy Steele to be their first official Pastor, on March 5, 1972.
Memphis, TN, 38134Service times
- Sunday 10:30am · Worship
- Sunday 6pm · Worship
- Wednesday 6:45pm · Bible Study Master Club Youth Group
Shares a ministry location with Maranatha Centro de Adoracion.
East Side 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 East Side Baptist Church
- Youth Group
- Master Club
Find East Side Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around East Side Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.
- Diabetes: 15.1%
- Obesity: 38.5%
- Depression: 25.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (7.8–18.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.
Churches near East Side Baptist Church
- Maranatha Centro de Adoracion — 0 mi away
- Philippians V Multi-Ministry Center — 0.1 mi away
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- RCCG House on The Rock — 0.4 mi away
- Brownsville Road Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Holy Nation Ministries — 0.6 mi away
- Temple Of Praise — 0.6 mi away in Bartlett, TN
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.8 mi away in Bartlett, TN
- Northeast Side Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away in Bartlett, TN
- Primera Iglesia Adventista Hispana de Memphis — 0.8 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- True Light Baptist Church — 1 mi away
- Raleigh Primitive Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Broadmoor Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away