New Greater First Baptist Church
New Greater First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 12353 Linwood Avenue in Detroit, MI 48238. It is one of 1,584 churches in Detroit, and one of 272 Baptist congregations in the city.
12353 Linwood Avenue, Detroit, MI, 48238New Greater First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,819 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Michigan — 71,419 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 Greater First Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,400 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: 48.6%
- Food Insecurity: 45.1%
- Poverty Rate: 36.7% (20.2–53.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 34.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.8%
- Diabetes: 21.2%
- Social Isolation: 37.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.5%
- Unemployment: 8.7% (0.1–17.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.
Churches near New Greater First Baptist Church
- St. Andrew AME Church — 0.1 mi away
- The Original Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Prince of Peace Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Peter's Holiness Church of Jesus Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Victory Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- William Memorial Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- St Catherine's Temple Prophecy Church — 0.3 mi away
- Solid Rock Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Canaan Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Christian Mission Revelation Pillar of Fire Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Prince of Peace Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Victory Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- William Memorial Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Canaan Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away