First Zion Baptist Church
First Zion Baptist Church is a church at 1500 Edgemont Rd in Harrisburg, PA 17109-3356. It is one of 221 churches in Harrisburg.
1500 Edgemont Rd, Harrisburg, PA, 17109-3356Phone: (717) 232-6509 · Website: http://firstzionofedgemont.com/
First Zion Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,478 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Pennsylvania — 71,419 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 First Zion Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 10 the people here live without health insurance. About 1 in 7 the people here were born in another country. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.9% (6.3–17.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First Zion Baptist Church
- Faith Chapel Church of God — 0.1 mi away in Susquehanna Twp, PA
- Grace Fellowship — 0.2 mi away in Susquehanna Twp, PA
- Locust Lane Chapel — 0.2 mi away
- Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Susquehanna Twp, PA
- First Spirit Filled Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Grace church — 0.6 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church, Harrisburg PA — 0.6 mi away
- Greater Faith Ministries — 0.6 mi away
- New Life Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
- True Worshippers Ministries — 0.7 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Solid Rock Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Susquehanna Twp, PA
- First Spirit Filled Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church, Harrisburg PA — 0.6 mi away
- Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- St Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
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