Golden Star Baptist Church

Golden Star Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Philadelphia, PA 19121. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 298 Baptist congregations in the city.

We are a committed body of believers who strive for spiritual maturity, obedience to the Word of God, demonstration through service, and a consistent, personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

Golden Star Baptist Church (GSBC) is a community-based ministry that is situated in North Philadelphia.

Philadelphia, PA, 19121

Service times

  • Tuesday 7pm · EveningBible Study

Phone: (800) 827-5167 · Website: http://goldenstaronline.org/

Golden Star 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 Golden Star Baptist Church

  • Food Bank
  • Community Outreach
  • Drug & Alcohol Ministry
  • Prison Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • New Members Class
  • Bible Study

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The community around Golden Star 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. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 35.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.1% (20.3–49.8%)
  • Diabetes: 19.7%
  • Obesity: 40.9%
  • Unemployment: 11.2% (5.7–16.8%)
  • Depression: 23.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 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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