Allen Temple Baptist Church
Allen Temple Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Oakland, CA 94621. It is one of 485 churches in Oakland, and one of 80 Baptist congregations in the city.
Described as a Transformational Preacher, Dynamic Leader and Ministry Trailblazer, Rev. Dr. Jacqueline A. Thompson is an inspiring example of what God can do with a life committed to the call.
Serving since 1919 · Services in Spanish
Oakland, CA, 94621Service times
- Sunday 9:30am
Phone: (510) 544-8923 · Website: https://www.allen-temple.org/
Allen Temple Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,843 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 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.
Ministries at Allen Temple Baptist Church
- Congregational Care
- Worship Arts and Media
- Music Ministry
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Latest from Allen Temple Baptist Church on Vimeo: September 20, 2026 Sunday School Live (all videos).
The community around Allen Temple Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,400 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Social Isolation: 44.9%
- Food Insecurity: 40.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.7%
- Child Poverty: 32.6% (19.1–46.1%)
- Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
- Unemployment: 9.5% (4.6–14.4%)
- Poverty Rate: 21.5% (12.7–30.3%)
- Diabetes: 14.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Oakland city is served by 272 churches — about one congregation for every 1,609 residents.
Churches near Allen Temple Baptist Church
- God is Good Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- House of Truth — 0.2 mi away
- Duckett Memorial Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Resurrection Concord Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- At Thy Word Ministries Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Elmhurst Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church of Oakland CA — 0.3 mi away
- Elmhurst Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Elmhurst Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church of Oakland CA — 0.3 mi away
- Golden Gate Primitive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Cosmopolitan Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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