Harambe Baptist Church
Harambe Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 5648 Chew Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19138-1742 in Philadelphia, PA 19138. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 298 Baptist congregations in the city.
Harambe seeks to win, train, and nurture Christian families to positively influence their homes, churches, and communities.
Harambe Baptist Church has been a pillar of hope and faith in the Philadelphia community since 1976.
5648 Chew Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19138-1742, Philadelphia, PA, 19138Service times
- Sunday 9:30am
Website: http://www.harambebaptist.org/
Harambe 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 Harambe Baptist Church
- Soup Kitchen
- Street Ministry
- World Evangelization
- Vacation Bible School
- Community Picnic
- Youth
- Overcomers
- Weekly Prayer Night
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The community around Harambe 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 of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 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.
- Poverty Rate: 31.5% (20.2–42.7%)
- Diabetes: 18.8%
- Unemployment: 13.3% (6.5–20.1%)
- Obesity: 41.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), 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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- Haitian Evangelical Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Deliverance Mission — 0.1 mi away
- Original Glorious Church — 0.2 mi away
- Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal — 0.2 mi away
- Poplar Street AME Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Thomas Church Whitemarsh — 0.2 mi away
- Third Eternal Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Praise Power and Deliverance Ministries — 0.3 mi away
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- Original Glorious Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Third Eternal Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Life Christian Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
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