Greater New Light Baptist Church

Greater New Light Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1500 Sheppard Place in Rantoul, IL 61866. It is one of 24 churches in Rantoul, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.

1500 Sheppard Place, Rantoul, IL, 61866

Service times

  • Sunday 11am

Phone: (217) 893-8342

Greater New Light 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 — 71,417 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 Greater New Light Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

  • Food Insecurity: 26.7%
  • Obesity: 40.6%
  • Social Isolation: 36.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 22.5% (12.9–32.0%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
  • Child Poverty: 27.0% (12.6–42.0%)
  • Depression: 23.8%
  • Diabetes: 14.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (5.8–19.5%)

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

Rantoul village is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 254 residents.

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