New Jerusalem Baptist

New Jerusalem Baptist is a church at 1219 Dunbar Oaks Dr in Capitol Heights, MD 20743-6625. It is one of 115 churches in Capitol Heights.

1219 Dunbar Oaks Dr, Capitol Heights, MD, 20743-6625

Phone: (301) 322-9280 · Website: https://njbcmd.org/

New Jerusalem Baptist is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 993 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Maryland — 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.

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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.

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