New Jerusalem Baptist Church
New Jerusalem Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Prichard, AL 36610. It is one of 86 churches in Prichard, and one of 35 Baptist congregations in the city.
Prichard, AL, 36610New Jerusalem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,553 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Alabama — 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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The community around New Jerusalem Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 93.1%
- Obesity: 52.6%
- Food Insecurity: 51.4%
- Poverty Rate: 43.5% (28.2–58.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.8%
- Social Isolation: 40.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 34.6%
- Diabetes: 29.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.9%
- Unemployment: 14.6% (6.9–22.5%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.0% (11.7–26.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.1%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Prichard city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 293 residents.
Churches near New Jerusalem Baptist Church
- True Holiness Church of Jesus Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Wings Over Jordan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Truelight Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Mobile, AL
- True Light Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John Holiness Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Joseph Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Wings Over Jordan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Truelight Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Mobile, AL
- True Light Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Joseph Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away