First Zion Baptist Church

First Zion Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Middletown, PA 17057. It is one of 37 churches in Middletown, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

Middletown, PA, 17057

First Zion Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,509 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Pennsylvania — 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.

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The community around First Zion Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.

  • Obesity: 36.3%
  • Depression: 26.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.6% (8.5–24.7%)
  • Unemployment: 6.5% (1.6–11.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Middletown borough is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 680 residents.

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