Western Avenue Baptist Church
Western Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 299 Western Avenue in Cambridge, MA 02139. It is one of 94 churches in Cambridge, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
Today, The Avenue stands as a living testament to God’s faithfulness and the power of divine timing.
Serving since 1890
299 Western Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02139Phone: +16176610433 · Website: https://www.westernavenuechurch.com/
Western Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Western Avenue Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,400 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: 38.0%
- Depression: 25.2%
- Poverty Rate: 17.6% (11.3–24.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Cambridge city is served by 58 churches — about one congregation for every 2,033 residents.
Churches near Western Avenue Baptist Church
- Abundant Life Church — 0.1 mi away
- JHOP Boston — 0.2 mi away
- Antioch Temple — 0.3 mi away
- First Korean Church — 0.3 mi away
- Pentecostal Tabernacle — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Peter's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. Botolph Orthodox Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church Cambridge — 0.4 mi away
- Saints Constantine and Helen Church — 0.4 mi away
- Central Square Church — 0.4 mi away