19th Street Baptist Church

19th Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1249 South 19th Street in Philadelphia, PA 19146. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 298 Baptist congregations in the city.

You are invited to experience the presence of God, hear the Gospel and feel the love of the Lord... in what we call the best two hours of the week.

The Nineteenth Street Baptist Church is a house of worship, an architectural masterpiece designed by Frank Furness that stands as a tarnished jewel at 19th and Titan Streets.

1249 South 19th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19146

19th Street 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 — 71,418 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 19th Street Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is 2,700 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.

  • Depression: 23.5%

Source: CDC PLACES (2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.

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