New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist

The community around New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist

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. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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.

• Child Poverty: 73.9%
• Obesity: 54.9%
• Food Insecurity: 45.4%
• Poverty Rate: 43.3% (31.8–54.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 32.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.6%
• Diabetes: 22.3%
• Unemployment: 19.3% (7.4–31.2%)
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%

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

Springfield city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 1,462 residents.

Churches near New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist

• St Katharine Drexel St — 0.1 mi away
• St. Patrick Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
• Brown Street Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• St. Paul AME Church — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Pentecost Tabernacle Church — 0.2 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist — 0.3 mi away
• Prayer wheel C.O.G.I.C — 0.3 mi away
• Asbury United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• St. Luke's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away