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Come join us for worship! 2003 Zion Hill Rd; Centralia, IL

Adult Sunday School 9:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
Children Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Nursery is available 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. (Nursery is available)

Sunday Evening Youth Program 5:45 p.m. School House

We are located one-half mile south of
Green Street Road on Zion Hill Road
in rural Centralia.

2003 Zion Hill Road, Centralia, Illinois 62801 618.267.3508 zionhillcentralia@gmail.com

Zion Hill Mission Baptist Church Profile

The Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church was established July 15, 1860 in the Northeast corner of Centralia Township, Marion County Illinois. The church originally met in the one-room Zion Hill Schoolhouse that still exists today. In 1870 a Building Committee set aside $525 for the building of a new church. The building was dedicated in July 1872. In the 1930’s a basement was dug under the church building with horses and slips. In the 1940’s a two-story education addition was built and in the 1990’s a fellowship hall was added to the facility. Unfortunately, on July 15, 2018 the church building burnt to an almost total loss with the fellowship hall the only remaining portion of the building that remained. The fire was ignited by a lightning bolt in the early morning hours that Sunday morning. The Church Trustees were tasked with the duties of rebuilding the church building which was completed in September 2020. The congregation was able to meet for worship services in the Kaskaskia Baptist Association office in Sandoval, Illinois during the rebuilding process.

Zion Hill is also located near the corner of four intersecting rural K-8 grade school districts listed below with the following attendance:
Central City Grade School – 335
Selmaville Consolidated Grade School – 275
Raccoon Consolidated Grade School – 250
Odin Grade School – 198
and three High School districts:
Centralia High School - 905
Salem Community High School – 686
Odin High School – 72