New Jerusalem Church

The community around New Jerusalem Church

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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 48.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
• Diabetes: 18.6%
• Poverty Rate: 24.1% (14.4–33.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.9%
• Unemployment: 8.2% (0.6–16.2%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (5.8–20.8%)

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

Lakeland city is served by 95 churches — about one congregation for every 1,199 residents.

Churches near New Jerusalem Church

• New Life Assembly of God Church — 0 mi away
• Eden of Lakeland Haitian Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0 mi away
• Jesus Christ Church of God the Bibleway Inc. — 0.2 mi away
• Mt Pleasant Ame — 0.2 mi away
• World Alive Ministries — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Refuge Church — 0.3 mi away
• Family Life Center — 0.3 mi away
• Pilgram Rest Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away