New Jerusalem Baptist Church
New Jerusalem Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 152 E 6th St in Edgard, LA 70049-2319. It is one of 6 churches in Edgard, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.
we are passionate about helping people know God, grow in faith, and live with purpose.
152 E 6th St, Edgard, LA, 70049-2319Service times
- Sunday 9am · Services
Phone: (985) 497-8826 · Website: https://www.newjerusalemedgard.org/
New Jerusalem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,378 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Louisiana — 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.
Find New Jerusalem Baptist Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around New Jerusalem Baptist Church
In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 have no one they feel they can count on. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.2%
- Food Insecurity: 34.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 25.2%
- Diabetes: 20.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
- Unemployment: 15.3% (3.3–27.4%)
- Obesity: 44.9%
- Social Isolation: 39.6%
- Depression: 23.5%
- Poverty Rate: 16.6% (6.2–27.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near New Jerusalem Baptist Church
- Tchoupitoulas Chapel — 0.7 mi away in Reserve, LA
- Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Reserve, LA
- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.9 mi away
- Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church — 1 mi away in Reserve, LA
- St Peter Catholic Church — 1.4 mi away in Reserve, LA
- St. Peter Catholic Church — 1.5 mi away in Reserve, LA
- Beechgrove Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Reserve, LA
- New Pilgrim Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away in Reserve, LA
- First Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Reserve, LA
- Greater New Plymouth Rock Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away in Reserve, LA
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- Providence Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Laplace, LA
- Mt Nebo Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away in Laplace, LA
- Second African Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
- New St Peter BC — 3.6 mi away