New Gethsemane Baptist Church
New Gethsemane Baptist Church is a church at 917 E Chelten Ave in Philadelphia, PA 19138-1713. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia.
Serving since 1926
917 E Chelten Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19138-1713Phone: +12158480292 · Website: https://www.newgethsemanebaptist.com/
New Gethsemane Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around New Gethsemane 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 a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 35.5% (22.9–48.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
- Diabetes: 20.3%
- Unemployment: 13.8% (5.3–22.3%)
- Obesity: 43.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
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