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 239 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.
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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