Japanese Baptist Church

Japanese Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 160 Broadway in Seattle, WA 98122. It is one of 545 churches in Seattle, and one of 36 Baptist congregations in the city.

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In 1899, we began as a ministry for and with immigrants from Japan. Throughout the years, we have been an important part of the Japanese-American community in the Greater Seattle area but our mission has evolved over time to also embrace those who identify themselves more broadly as Asian-American/Pacific Islander and beyond. We celebrate that our current members are now diverse in their ethnicity, ages, and backgrounds. We gladly open our doors in Christ's name to all of our neighbors regardless of where they come from. Followers of Christ, seekers, skeptics and beyond are all welcome!

Part of Evergreen Association

160 Broadway, Seattle, WA, 98122

Phone: (206) 622-7351 · Website: https://jbcseattle.org/

Japanese Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 626 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Washington — 71,872 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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Latest from JBC Seattle's YouTube channel: Sunday Worship Service (08.02.2026) (all videos).

The community around Japanese Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 94.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.3%
  • Depression: 25.9%
  • Unemployment: 7.3% (3.5–11.1%)

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

Seattle city is served by 331 churches — about one congregation for every 2,218 residents.

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