Central Baptist Church (Honolulu, Hawaii)


Central Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist Church in the Makiki neighborhood in the city of Honolulu.

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.
From 2008-2017, Shane Sowers served as pastor. Nelson Chapman, the current Senior Pastor, began serving at Central Baptist Church on October 10, 2017.

Doctrinal Belief

On February 8, 2009, the 2000 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