Bright Hope Baptist Church
Bright Hope Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1601 N 12th St in Philadelphia, PA 19122-2601. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 298 Baptist congregations in the city.
The Mission of the Bright Hope Baptist Church is to advance the Kingdom of God by preaching the Gospel, making disciples, ministering to the church, and empowering the community.
Provides support for people with or affected by HIV/AIDS, offer counseling and HIV/AIDS testing in a Christ-centered environment that is caring, confidential and safe.
1601 N 12th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19122-2601Service times
- Sunday 9am
Phone: (215) 232-6004 · Website: https://brighthopebaptist.org/
Bright Hope 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.
Ministries at Bright Hope Baptist Church
- Arc of Safe Haven Ministry
- Blue Print Ministry
- Board of Ushers & Ladies Auxiliary Ministry
- Business Owners Ministry
- Christian Action Commission Ministry
- Deacons Auxiliary Ministry
- Family Focused Ministry
- Helping Hand Ministry
- Hospitality Ministry
- Mary Gray Women’s Ministry
- Missionary Ministry
- Nurses’ Ministry
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The community around Bright Hope Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 38.5% (27.7–49.2%)
- Unemployment: 16.1% (8.7–23.4%)
- Depression: 28.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Bright Hope Baptist Church
- Mt. Zion Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Malachy's Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mt. Olive Holy Temple — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Sinai Holy Church — 0.3 mi away
- Apostolic Faith Church — 0.3 mi away
- One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Gerater Harvest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- North Philadelphia SDA Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bible Fellowship Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- B.M. Oakley Memorial Temple — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Gerater Harvest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bible Fellowship Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Greater Love Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- National Temple Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
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