New Salem Baptist

New Salem Baptist is a church at 352 W Wood St in Decatur, IL 62522-3108. It is one of 162 churches in Decatur.

352 W Wood St, Decatur, IL, 62522-3108

Phone: +12174290542 · Website: http://newsalembc.com/

Shares a ministry location with Saint Pauls Lutheran Church.

New Salem Baptist is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at New Salem Baptist

  • AWANA
  • Music Ministry
  • Women’s Ministry
  • Men’s Ministry
  • Forever Young
  • TAP - Teens Are Prime
  • KICKS - Kids in Christ’s Kingdom
  • Wednesday Evening Programs
  • WEE-Care & Mother’s Day Out

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The community around New Salem Baptist

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 48.0%
  • Social Isolation: 40.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.8% (23.5–48.1%)
  • Food Insecurity: 32.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.2%
  • Unemployment: 16.1% (5.9–26.4%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.3%
  • Depression: 24.0%
  • Diabetes: 14.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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