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Central Baptist Church (Honolulu, Hawaii)

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Phone
  
+1 808-538-6833

Address
  
1217 Nehoa St, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

Parent organization
  
Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention

Similar
  
Church of the Crossroads, Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady, New Hope Oahu, Pali Highway

Central Baptist Church (Honolulu, HI) is a Southern Baptist Church in the Makiki neighborhood in the city of Honolulu.

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History

Central Baptist Church was constituted on April 1, 1951. In 1971 the Hawaii Baptist Academy elementary school shared a building with Central Baptist Church until it acquired and moved to the former Sacred Heart Convent in Nuuanu in 1987.

Hawaii Baptist leader, Daniel Hen Chong Kong, pastored Central Baptist Church during his last years until retiring in Dec. 2004.

Doctrinal Belief

On February 8, 2009 the current Baptist Faith and Message was unanimously voted to replace the 1963 version as the church's articles of faith in the Church Constitution.

Notable Members

  • Liz Chun; Former Sports Anchor and First Hawaii Female Sports Director- KGMB
  • Daniel Hen Chong Kong, DDiv; Hawaii Baptist leader
  • Matthew Sanders, PhD; Assistant Professor of Greek, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
  • Shane Sowers, MACS; Central Baptist Church Senior Pastor, North American Mission Board Trustee

    • References

    Central Baptist Church (Honolulu, Hawaii) Wikipedia
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