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 1,590 churches in Detroit, and one of 235 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.
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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