New Salem Baptist Church
New Salem Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Decatur, IL 62521. It is one of 161 churches in Decatur, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
Decatur, IL, 62521New Salem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around New Salem Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 57.2% (39.9–74.5%)
- Obesity: 54.3%
- Food Insecurity: 44.2%
- Social Isolation: 41.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.4%
- Poverty Rate: 35.5% (21.0–49.9%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.3%
- Diabetes: 18.8%
- Unemployment: 11.6% (3.7–19.6%)
- Depression: 23.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Decatur city is served by 57 churches — about one congregation for every 932 residents.
Churches near New Salem Baptist Church
- Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Jasper Street Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Northside Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Eastside Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Missionary Church — 0.3 mi away
- Central Illinois Christians In Missions — 0.4 mi away
- Third United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Apostolic — 0.4 mi away
- Church of the Living in Christ Jesus POGOT — 0.5 mi away