Northside Baptist Church
Northside Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 929 N Lowber St in Decatur, IL 62521-1475. It is one of 165 churches in Decatur, and one of 3 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.
The purpose of this church shall be the advancement of the kingdom of God, through Jesus Christ, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, as taught in the Holy Scripture, through public worship of God, preaching of the Gospel, constant Christian living by its members, personal evangelism, missionary e
929 N Lowber St, Decatur, IL, 62521-1475Service times
- Tuesday 10am · August through May
Phone: (217) 429-7621 · Website: http://www.gnmbc.org/
Northside Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,174 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Illinois — 71,418 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.
Ministries at Northside Baptist Church
- Youth Movement
- Bible Study
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The community around Northside 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: 55.9% (38.7–73.2%)
- Obesity: 53.8%
- Food Insecurity: 42.6%
- Social Isolation: 40.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
- Poverty Rate: 34.3% (21.2–47.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 31.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.3%
- Diabetes: 19.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.3%
- Unemployment: 11.8% (3.7–19.8%)
- Depression: 23.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Northside Baptist Church
- Jasper Street Church of Christ — 0 mi away
- Eastside Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Missionary Church — 0.2 mi away
- Grace Apostolic — 0.2 mi away
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Third United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Central Illinois Christians In Missions — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- East Park Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- St John Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Emmanuel Southern Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away