Foster Memorial Baptist Church
Foster Memorial Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1540 N 56th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19131 in Philadelphia, PA 19132. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 298 Baptist congregations in the city.
To love our neighbors, encourage them to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, make disciples and impact our community.
1540 N 56th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19131, Philadelphia, PA, 19132Service times
- Tuesday 6pm
Phone: (215) 477-1313 · Website: http://truthmemorial.com/
Foster Memorial 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 Foster Memorial Baptist Church
- Youth Ministry
- Homeless Support
- Day Care Center
- Recreation Center
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The community around Foster Memorial 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. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.6%
- Unemployment: 18.6% (3.5–33.8%)
- Diabetes: 18.5%
- Obesity: 42.7%
- Poverty Rate: 22.3% (10.7–33.8%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.
Churches near Foster Memorial Baptist Church
- Emmanuel United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- St Monica Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Bethel Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Highway Temple of Love — 0.2 mi away
- Jones Memorial Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- House Of Refuge For Healing And Deliverance — 0.2 mi away
- Zoe Bible Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
- James Spring Memorial Baptist — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Jones Memorial Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St. Mark Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Psalmist Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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