Westboro Baptist Church

The Westboro Baptist Church is an American unaffiliated Primitive Baptist church in , that was founded in 1955 by pastor Fred Phelps. Widely considered a hate group and a cult, it is well known for its public protests against gay people and for its usage of the phrases "God hates fags" and "Thank God for dead soldiers".
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Baptist
  • Description: American hyper-Calvinist church congregation and hate group
  • Also known as: “Center of Sin”, “Kansas Devil’s Hideout”, and “WBC”
  • Address: 3701 Southwest 12th Street, Topeka, KS 66604

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Equality House and Topeka Zoo.

Community center
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.
The is a rainbow-colored house in , that is situated on the corner of 12th and Orleans Street, across from Westboro Baptist Church, an anti-LGBT hate group.

Zoo
The is a medium-sized zoo in in the . It is located within , just off I-70 in the north central portion of the city. is situated 4,000 feet north of Westboro Baptist Church.

Park
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is a city park of 160 acres in , United States. It was established in 1899 and is one of the largest parks in Topeka. It features the , the Kansas Children's Discovery Center, a miniature train of 15 in gauge, the Helen Hocker Theater, the Blaisdell family aquatic center, and the Reinisch Rose Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Topeka and North Topeka.

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is the capital of . Visitors come to see the Kansas Museum of History, Zoo, and Renisch Rose Gardens. The metropolitan area is rich in history and highly favored by nature. In 2019, it was home to 125,000 people.

Hamlet
, Kansas, is an area of , in United States. Although not officially a city, it is treated like one by many of its residents, and experiences relatively low crime rates compared to the rest of Topeka. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Westboro Baptist Church.

Westboro Baptist Church

Latitude
39.04533° or 39° 2′ 43″ north
Longitude
-95.72151° or 95° 43′ 17″ west
Elevation
925 feet (282 metres)
Open location code
86F627WH+49
Open­Street­Map ID
way 199676099
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­baptist
Geo­Names ID
7232877
Wiki­data ID
Q692942
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Westboro Baptist Church” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Església Baptista de Westboro”
  • Cebuano: “Simbahang Bawtista sa Westboro”
  • Cebuano: “The Most Hated Family in America”
  • Cebuano: “WBC”
  • Cebuano: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Chinese: “威斯特布路浸信会”
  • Chinese: “威斯特布路浸信會”
  • Chinese: “魏斯特布洛浸信會”
  • Dutch: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Esperanto: “Baptista Eklezio de Vestboro”
  • Finnish: “West Baptist Church”
  • Finnish: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Finnish: “Westboron baptistikirkko”
  • Finnish: “Westboron baptistit”
  • French: “Eglise baptiste de Westboro”
  • French: “Église Baptiste de Westboro”
  • French: “Eglise de Westboro”
  • French: “Église de Westboro”
  • French: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • German: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסייה הבפטיסטית ווסטבורו”
  • Hebrew: “הכנסייה הבפטיסטית וסטבורו”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Baptis Westboro”
  • Indonesian: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Italian: “Chiesa battista di Westboro”
  • Italian: “Chiesa Battista di Westboro”
  • Japanese: “ウエストボロ・バプティスト教会”
  • Korean: “웨스트보로 침례교회”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Baptista Vestburgensis”
  • Latin: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Lithuanian: “Dievas nekenčia homoseksualų”
  • Lithuanian: “Vestboro baptistų bažnyčia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Norwegian: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Persian: “کلیسای وست برو باپتیست”
  • Persian: “کلیسای وستبرو باپتیست”
  • Polish: “Kościół Baptystyczny Westboro”
  • Polish: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja Batista de Westboro”
  • Romanian: “Biserica Baptistă Westboro”
  • Russian: “Баптистская церковь Вестборо”
  • Russian: “Баптистская церковь Уэстборо”
  • Serbian: “Baptistička crkva Vestboro”
  • Serbian: “Баптистичка црква Вестборо”
  • Serbian: “Вестборо баптистичка црква”
  • Slovak: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Baptista de Westboro”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Bautista de Westboro”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Bautista Westboro”
  • Swedish: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Ukrainian: “Баптистська церква Вестборо”
  • Venetian: “Ceza Batista de Westboro”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys y Bedyddwyr Westboro”
  • Welsh: “Westboro Baptist Church”
  • Yue Chinese: “威斯特布路浸信會”

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