Shalom Baptist Church
Shalom Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 83 Cherry Street in Waterbury, CT 06702. It is one of 98 churches in Waterbury, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.
83 Cherry Street, Waterbury, CT, 06702Website: http://ibsshalom.com
Shalom Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Shalom Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.
- Obesity: 46.1%
- Food Insecurity: 43.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 34.1%
- Poverty Rate: 32.8% (21.1–44.5%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 26.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.3%
- Unemployment: 19.8% (7.9–31.8%)
- Diabetes: 19.3%
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Waterbury city is served by 53 churches — about one congregation for every 2,160 residents.
Churches near Shalom Baptist Church
- Christ Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Waterbury Ct. Church of God of Prophecy — 0.3 mi away
- Miracle Center — 0.3 mi away
- New Bethel Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Redeeming Love Tabernacle of Praise — 0.3 mi away
- Refuge Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- Basilica of the Immaculate Conception — 0.4 mi away
- Our Lady of Lourdes Church — 0.4 mi away