New Light Missionary Baptist Church

New Light Missionary Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist church at 2525 West 11th Street in Indianapolis, IN 46222. It is one of 1,322 churches in Indianapolis, and one of 31 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.

Pastor Love has encouraged and inspired New Light to maintain prayer, study, and love as the keys to unity; in being a “Blessed People Moving Forward, Contributing to the Cause of Christ.”

New Light Missionary Baptist Church was established on October 21, 1928 with Pastor Joseph Abernathy as overseer.

Serving since 1928

2525 West 11th Street, Indianapolis, IN, 46222

Service times

  • Sunday 9am

Phone: (317) 972-1916 · Website: http://www.newlightindy.com/

New Light Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,270 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Indiana — 71,419 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 Light Missionary Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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: 50.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 42.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.1%
  • Diabetes: 21.5%
  • Unemployment: 16.8% (7.1–26.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 27.5% (14.5–40.5%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.9%
  • Depression: 24.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (3.7–19.4%)

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

Indianapolis city (balance) is served by 592 churches — about one congregation for every 1,486 residents.

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