Church of the New Jerusalem
Church of the New Jerusalem is a Swedenborgian church at 92 East Forest Avenue in Detroit, MI 48201. It is one of 1,590 churches in Detroit.
92 East Forest Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48201Church of the New Jerusalem is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Church of the New Jerusalem
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. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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.
- Poverty Rate: 39.7% (27.6–51.8%)
- Food Insecurity: 30.8%
- Social Isolation: 36.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.7%
- Diabetes: 15.3%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (3.6–15.7%)
- Obesity: 36.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
- Depression: 24.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.
Churches near Church of the New Jerusalem
- First Congregational Church — 0.1 mi away
- Deeper Life Bible Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul — 0.1 mi away
- Southeast Michigan Synod — 0.1 mi away
- Cathedral Church of St. Paul — 0.2 mi away
- First Unitarian Universalist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Kossick Donald — 0.3 mi away
- Woodside Bible Church - Detroit — 0.3 mi away
- Woodside Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mosaic Midtown Church — 0.3 mi away