Emmanuel Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2409 Ainger Place Southeast in Washington, DC 20020. It is one of 862 churches in Washington, and one of 214 Baptist congregations in the city.

We do this so that God’s purpose may be achieved in us (our local fellowship), in the community (including the wider faith community) and in the world.

As Emmanuel Baptist Church of Southeast Washington, DC, we are a family (fellowship) of believers sharing a common commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

2409 Ainger Place Southeast, Washington, DC, 20020

Phone: (202) 678-0884 · Website: https://www.emmanuelbaptistdc.org/

Shares a ministry location with Catholic Charities.

Emmanuel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 231 congregations of the Baptist family gather across District of Columbia — 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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The community around Emmanuel Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 2,100 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: 44.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 43.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 36.9% (22.1–51.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.4%
  • Unemployment: 23.4% (9.7–37.2%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
  • Diabetes: 16.0%
  • Obesity: 38.6%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Washington city is served by 535 churches — about one congregation for every 1,253 residents.

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