New Salem Baptist Church
New Salem Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1412 Cherry St in Patterson, LA 70392-5239. It is one of 18 churches in Patterson, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.
We want to see lives changed here by the power of Jesus Christ, as we "Grow Deep" into God's word and "Go Wide" in our community.
We are a unique body of believers made up of people from all different walks of life. Visitors often comment on the love they feel here and a sense of being home. Members often refer to this body of believers as “my church family”.
1412 Cherry St, Patterson, LA, 70392-5239Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · Mornings Dates for 2026 As NeededTime Place
Phone: (985) 395-3323 · Website: https://newsalem.org/what-we-believe
New Salem 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 — 71,418 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 Salem Baptist Church
- Awana
- Kids Worship
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The community around New Salem Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, 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 adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 49.5%
- Social Isolation: 41.0%
- Food Insecurity: 36.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
- Poverty Rate: 30.1% (19.0–41.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 25.6%
- Diabetes: 20.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.5%
- Depression: 27.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.3%
- Child Poverty: 23.0% (7.6–38.4%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near New Salem Baptist Church
- Bethlehem Church of God In Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Patterson United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Patterson — 0.3 mi away
- St Luke Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Jerusalem Church of God In Christ United — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Good Hope Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- The Crossway Ministry — 0.8 mi away
- The Mission Church — 0.9 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church of Patterson — 0.3 mi away
- St Luke Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bayou Vista Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Morgan City, LA
- First United Methodist Church of Berwick — 4.7 mi away in Berwick, LA
- Little Zion Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in Berwick, LA
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