Calvary Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1616 West 2nd Street in Chester, PA 19013. It is one of 108 churches in Chester, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.
1616 West 2nd Street, Chester, PA, 19013Website: https://calvarybaptistchester.com/
Calvary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Calvary 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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 64.1% (45.1–83.1%)
- Obesity: 48.1%
- Poverty Rate: 43.9% (30.4–57.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.8%
- Unemployment: 20.8% (8.8–32.8%)
- Diabetes: 20.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Chester city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 384 residents.
Churches near Calvary Baptist Church
- New Hope United Holy Bapt Chr — 0.1 mi away
- New Hope United Holy Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Temple of Prayer Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Daniels United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Integrity Christian Center — 0.1 mi away
- St. Luke Community Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Immaculate Heart Of Mary Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Thomas M. Thomas Memorial Presbyterian church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Peter's Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Mark's C.C. Church — 0.3 mi away