Canaan Institution Baptist Church

Canaan Institution Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Norwalk, CT 06854. It is one of 74 churches in Norwalk, and one of 8 Baptist congregations in the city.

Norwalk, CT, 06854

Canaan Institution Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 286 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Connecticut — 71,417 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 Canaan Institution Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,300 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 36.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.3%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
  • Unemployment: 11.0% (4.4–17.5%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 17.9% (7.1–28.7%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (6.5–17.9%)

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

Norwalk city is served by 41 churches — about one congregation for every 2,220 residents.

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