Genesis Baptist Church
Genesis Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 6440 Rising Sun Ave in Philadelphia, PA 19111-5242. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 298 Baptist congregations in the city.
The purpose of Genesis Baptist Church is to reach up to God through worship, to reach in to the spirit through Christian education, and to reach out through evangelical ministry.
6440 Rising Sun Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19111-5242Service times
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (215) 742-2110 · Website: https://www.genesisbaptistchurch.org/
Genesis 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 — 71,420 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 Genesis Baptist Church
- Food pantry
- Marriage Ministry
- Brotherhood Fellowship
- Single’s Ministry
- Women of Excellence
- Financial Literacy
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The community around Genesis 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. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand 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: 23.6%
- Diabetes: 14.5%
- Unemployment: 7.3% (0.4–14.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.
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- Bethel Mar Thoma Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lawndale Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Philadelphia Bible Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
- Watch God Move Deliverance Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Lawndale Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint William Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Your Will Christian Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- St. Mary's Orthodox Church — 0.3 mi away
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- Lawndale Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
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- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
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