Abyssinian Baptist Church
Abyssinian Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 4210 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, PA 19140. It is one of 1,763 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 239 Baptist congregations in the city.
Reverend Doctor George R. Pointer is the Pastor of The Abyssinian Baptist Church, in Philadelphia, PA. He has faithfully served as the Senior Pastor since September 1996.
4210 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19140Website: http://www.abyssinianbc.com/
Abyssinian Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
Ministries at Abyssinian Baptist Church
- Marriage Enrichment Ministry
- Men's Empowerment
- SPICE Marriage Enrichment
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The community around Abyssinian 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 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,500 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: 84.0%
- Poverty Rate: 40.8% (25.8–55.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.5%
- Diabetes: 22.5%
- Obesity: 44.8%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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.
Churches near Abyssinian Baptist Church
- Christ the King Ukrainian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Triumph Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ford Memorial Temple — 0.2 mi away
- New Inspirational Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Highway Tabernacle of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
- Allah's Temple of Islam — 0.2 mi away
- Universal Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Saint Matthew Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Covenant House of God — 0.3 mi away
- Nazarene Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away