Polite Temple Baptist Church

Polite Temple Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 40 East Price Street in Philadelphia, PA 19144. It is one of 1,763 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 239 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our mission is to fulfill the vision of building up through equipping the individuals, families and members with the word of God in order to effectively reach out to those in the community, outside of our four walls with the Gospel to bring lost souls unto salvation.

We want to see Polite Temple high and lifted up as a body of Christ, following our church motto:"Building up on the inside, Reaching to the outside; One body, One spirit, One faith."

40 East Price Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19144

Website: https://www.politetemplebaptistchurch.org/

Polite Temple Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Polite Temple Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
  • Diabetes: 19.6%
  • Obesity: 40.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.9% (14.9–34.9%)
  • Unemployment: 10.8% (2.2–19.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 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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