Firm Hope Baptist Church
Firm Hope Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2311-17 E. Auburn Street in Philadelphia, PA 19134. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 298 Baptist congregations in the city.
Now, as the Senior Pastor of the Firm Hope Baptist Church, Pastor Harris serves through the proclamation of God’s word, leadership development through the implementation of spiritual development training, and execution of the vision of our church.
2311-17 E. Auburn Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19134Phone: (608) 367-5590 · Website: http://www.firmhopebaptist.org/
Firm 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 — 71,417 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 Firm Hope Baptist Church
- Prison Ministry
- Youth Ministry
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The community around Firm Hope Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.6% (13.4–29.9%)
- Depression: 27.7%
- Poverty Rate: 22.2% (12.4–32.1%)
- Obesity: 38.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.8%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
- Unemployment: 6.3% (0.2–14.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 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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