Old Ship-Zion Baptist Church
Old Ship-Zion Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Philadelphia, PA 19132. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 298 Baptist congregations in the city.
Philadelphia, PA, 19132Old Ship-Zion 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 — 71,419 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.
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The community around Old Ship-Zion 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 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 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.
- Child Poverty: 74.8% (56.0–93.6%)
- Obesity: 45.2%
- Poverty Rate: 37.0% (18.4–55.7%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.3%
- Diabetes: 21.6%
- Unemployment: 18.3% (6.6–30.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), 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 Old Ship-Zion Baptist Church
- Greater Righteous Temple Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Missionary Free Will Church — 0.2 mi away
- Northwest Independent Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- North Penn Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Love Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Cross Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Trinity AME Church — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Fellowship Unity Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- House of Prayer — 0.3 mi away
- St. Martin De Porres Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Northwest Independent Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- North Penn Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Love Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Cross Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Fellowship Unity Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
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