Zion Baptist Church of Eastland Gardens

Zion Baptist Church of Eastland Gardens is a Baptist church at 1234 Kenilworth Avenue Northeast in Washington, DC 20019. It is one of 862 churches in Washington, and one of 174 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our church aims to advance the work of Christian missions near and far, with a specific focus on partnering with local communities and civic associations to feed and clothe the less fortunate, support educational opportunities, and provide safe and secure gathering spaces for our neighbors.

Zion Baptist Church of Eastland Gardens is a Christian religious organization carrying out the principles of God’s Word as dictated in the Holy Bible.

1234 Kenilworth Avenue Northeast, Washington, DC, 20019

Service times

  • Sunday 10:45am

Phone: (202) 399-3471 · Website: http://zbcoeg.org/

Zion Baptist Church of Eastland Gardens is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 235 congregations of the Baptist family gather across District of Columbia — 71,872 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 Zion Baptist Church of Eastland Gardens

  • Food Pantry

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The community around Zion Baptist Church of Eastland Gardens

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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 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: 42.5%
  • Food Insecurity: 28.7%
  • Unemployment: 19.4% (7.5–31.3%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.0% (7.2–26.7%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 14.5%

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

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

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