Evangelical Baptist Church of the New Jerusalem
Evangelical Baptist Church of the New Jerusalem is a Baptist church in Bridgeport, CT 06605. It is one of 246 churches in Bridgeport, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
Bridgeport, CT, 06605Evangelical Baptist Church of the New Jerusalem is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 283 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Connecticut — 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 Evangelical Baptist Church of the New Jerusalem
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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 62.3% (44.1–80.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 49.4%
- Poverty Rate: 42.3% (30.1–54.5%)
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 36.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 29.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.3%
- Unemployment: 16.8% (4.6–29.1%)
- Diabetes: 17.8%
- Obesity: 39.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Bridgeport city is served by 105 churches — about one congregation for every 1,414 residents.
Churches near Evangelical Baptist Church of the New Jerusalem
- Iglesia Bautista El Calvario — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Fuente de Salvacion — 0.1 mi away
- Greater St. John F.B.H. Church — 0.2 mi away
- United Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Johns Episcopal Parish Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Primera Casa de Oracion — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- City Wide Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Iglesia Bautista El Calvario — 0.1 mi away
- New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mt Nebo Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Gospel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
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