Where is Higher Ground Church located?

Higher Ground Church is at 2411 Chestnut St, Oakland, CA, 94607-2421.

What time are services at Higher Ground Church?

Higher Ground Church meets Sunday at 10am. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is Higher Ground Church?

Higher Ground Church in Oakland, CA is a Baptist church. It is one of 80 Baptist congregations in Oakland.

Higher Ground Church

Higher Ground Church is a Baptist church at 2411 Chestnut St in Oakland, CA 94607-2421. It is one of 485 churches in Oakland, and one of 80 Baptist congregations in the city.

Higher Ground Church is a growing and diverse body of believers in Jesus Christ.

2411 Chestnut St, Oakland, CA, 94607-2421

Service times

Sunday 10am

Phone: (510) 928-2119 · Website: https://www.highergroundchurch.org/

Higher Ground Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,843 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 71,418 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.

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Latest from Higher Ground Church (Oakland, CA)'s YouTube channel: September 14, 2026 (all videos).

The community around Higher Ground Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

Social Isolation: 40.9%
Food Insecurity: 21.4%
Unemployment: 10.2% (5.1–15.3%)
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.9%
Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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