New Direction Baptist Church

The community around New Direction Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 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 adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 51.4%
• Social Isolation: 40.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.3%
• Food Insecurity: 36.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.1%
• Diabetes: 21.6%
• Poverty Rate: 25.7% (14.0–37.3%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Unemployment: 9.9% (2.6–17.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Direction Baptist Church

• Main Street Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Holy deliverance church. — 0.3 mi away
• New Life Church Pine Bluff — 0.4 mi away
• Lamkin Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Judah Restoration Worship Center — 0.5 mi away
• Union Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• nlcyouth.pb — 0.5 mi away
• New Saint Hurricane Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• New Life Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away