The Progressive Church
The Progressive Church is a Baptist church at 6421 Baker Rd in Murfreesboro, TN 37129-8039. It is one of 251 churches in Murfreesboro, and one of 32 Baptist congregations in the city.
James William "Doc" Shelton is the beloved pastor of the Progressive Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, where he has been serving since 2014.
6421 Baker Rd, Murfreesboro, TN, 37129-8039Phone: (615) 893-7933 · Website: https://theprogressivefamily.com/
The Progressive 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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The community around The Progressive Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 adults here carry depression. More than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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: 27.5%
- Obesity: 37.0%
Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
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- North Boulevard Church of Christ — 2.2 mi away
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