New Light Baptist Church
New Light Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Prichard, AL 36612. It is one of 86 churches in Prichard, and one of 35 Baptist congregations in the city.
Prichard, AL, 36612New Light 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 Light Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, 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 nearly half 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: 52.5%
- Food Insecurity: 49.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.1%
- Poverty Rate: 39.6% (26.6–52.6%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.6%
- Diabetes: 29.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.1%
- Unemployment: 15.0% (0.5–29.6%)
- Social Isolation: 38.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (7.7–25.6%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Prichard city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 293 residents.
Churches near New Light Baptist Church
- Whistler Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Spiritual Power Church — 0.4 mi away in Mobile, AL
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Bridget Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away in Whistler, AL
- Myers Memorial Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- City Of Champions Church — 0.6 mi away in Eight Mile, AL
- New Beginnings Church International — 0.7 mi away in Mobile, AL
- Highway 45 Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Greater Praise Deliverance — 0.7 mi away in Mobile, AL
- House Of Rescue Church Ministries — 0.7 mi away in Mobile, AL
More Baptist churches nearby
- Whistler Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Myers Memorial Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Highway 45 Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Shady Pines Southern Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away