Where is First African Baptist Church located?

First African Baptist Church is at 901 Clifton Ave, Sharon Hill, PA, 19079-2331.

What time are services at First African Baptist Church?

First African Baptist Church meets Tuesday at 6:30pm. Times are the church's local time — confirm with the church before visiting.

What denomination is First African Baptist Church?

First African Baptist Church in Sharon Hill, PA is a Baptist church. It is one of 2 Baptist congregations in Sharon Hill.

First African Baptist Church

First African Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 901 Clifton Ave in Sharon Hill, PA 19079-2331. It is one of 4 churches in Sharon Hill, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our mission is to bring men, women, boys, and girls into the saving and redemptive relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We will accomplish this as we exalt the Lord, evangelize to the unsaved, edify and equip those who are saved and extend ourselves to serve the Lord and His people ou

901 Clifton Ave, Sharon Hill, PA, 19079-2331

Service times

Tuesday 6:30pm

Phone: (610) 461-0350 · Website: https://www.fabc-joy.org/

First African 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 First African Baptist Church

Deacons Ministry
Trustee Ministry
Christian Education
Church School and Children’s Church
Commission of Christian Education
Family Bible Study
New Member Discipleship
Vacation Bible School
Angelic Choir
Men’s Choir
Sanctuary Choir
Voices of Joy

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The community around First African Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. About 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, 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.

Diabetes: 18.4%
Unemployment: 14.4% (6.9–21.8%)
Obesity: 43.8%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.0%
Poverty Rate: 24.6% (14.5–34.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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