Second Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church is a church at 424 Forster St in Harrisburg, PA 17102-1714. It is one of 199 churches in Harrisburg.
Serving since 1957
424 Forster St, Harrisburg, PA, 17102-1714Phone: +17172388885 · Website: http://the2nd.com
Second Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Second Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 67.0% (47.1–86.9%)
- Poverty Rate: 30.5% (17.8–43.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
- Diabetes: 15.2%
- Unemployment: 10.2% (3.1–17.7%)
- Obesity: 38.2%
- Depression: 23.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Second Baptist Church
- Messiah Lutheran Church — 0 mi away
- Salem United Church of Christ — 0 mi away
- Harrisburg Quaker Meeting — 0.1 mi away
- Midtown Community Church — 0.1 mi away
- German Evangelical Zion Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace United Methodist — 0.2 mi away
- Cathedral Parish of Saint Patrick — 0.3 mi away
- Penna Catholic Conference — 0.3 mi away
- Second City Church — 0.3 mi away
- Pine Street Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away