New Hope Baptist Church

New Hope Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1440 E Edwards St in Springfield, IL 62703-1335. It is one of 164 churches in Springfield, and one of 22 Baptist congregations in the city.

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1440 E Edwards St, Springfield, IL, 62703-1335

Phone: (217) 523-3987 · Website: http://newhopebc.org

New Hope 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 New Hope Baptist Church

  • Family Groups
  • Missions
  • Kids Ministry
  • Adult Ministry
  • Worship Arts
  • Care Ministries
  • Ministerio Hispano
  • Upward Sports Ministry
  • Weekday Education

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The community around New Hope Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 55.0%
  • Food Insecurity: 44.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 37.0% (24.7–49.3%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.8%
  • Diabetes: 23.5%
  • Unemployment: 12.9% (5.3–20.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 39.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.6%
  • Child Poverty: 31.2% (13.1–49.3%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%

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

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