New Jerusalem Baptist
New Jerusalem Baptist is a church at 1219 Dunbar Oaks Dr in Capitol Heights, MD 20743-6625. It is one of 67 churches in Capitol Heights.
1219 Dunbar Oaks Dr, Capitol Heights, MD, 20743-6625Phone: (301) 322-9280 · Website: https://njbcmd.org/
New Jerusalem Baptist is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 990 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Maryland — 71,352 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 Jerusalem Baptist
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 47.4%
- Food Insecurity: 34.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
- Diabetes: 18.6%
- Social Isolation: 38.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
- Unemployment: 10.9% (5.4–16.5%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.3% (8.6–31.9%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near New Jerusalem Baptist
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- Friendship Church Outreach — 0.1 mi away
- Craig Memorial Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Sylvan Vista Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Fairmount Heights, MD
- Contee African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.4 mi away in Washington, DC
- Church of the Incarnation — 0.4 mi away in Washington, DC
- New Abundant Life Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Fairmount Heights, MD
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away in Fairmount Heights, MD
- Abyssinia Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Zion Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Meridian Hill Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Sylvan Vista Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Fairmount Heights, MD
- New Abundant Life Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Fairmount Heights, MD
- Abyssinia Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Washington, DC
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