New Providence Baptist Church
New Providence Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gary, IN 46409. It is one of 275 churches in Gary, and one of 67 Baptist congregations in the city.
Gary, IN, 46409New Providence Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,291 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 71,872 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 New Providence Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. 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 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: 51.6%
- Food Insecurity: 40.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.0%
- Diabetes: 23.0%
- Unemployment: 17.9% (7.2–28.6%)
- Social Isolation: 36.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.4%
- Poverty Rate: 23.1% (11.7–34.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.8%
- Child Poverty: 23.8% (4.0–43.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Gary city is served by 184 churches — about one congregation for every 375 residents.
Churches near New Providence Baptist Church
- Freeman Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- True Light Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- Protection of Virgin Mary Church — 0.2 mi away
- Salvation Free Christian Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- Victory Overcomers Outreach Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Joseph the Worker Church — 0.3 mi away
- Community of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- First Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Mary's Church — 0.6 mi away
- God's Grace Church — 0.6 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Salvation Free Christian Fellowship Church — 0.2 mi away
- Cornerstone Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- First Tabernacle Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Greater Cannan Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Liberty Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away