New Liberty Baptist Church

New Liberty Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2965 Meldrum Street in Detroit, MI 48207. It is one of 1,584 churches in Detroit, and one of 266 Baptist congregations in the city.

To know Him and make Him known To reach the lost at any cost To save the unsaved To evangelize, exalt, edify, and equip To seek the unsought, bring the unbrought, and teach the untaught

To present Christ in a contemporary,creative, credible and caring way toall people in an environment where people from the community can grow to their full potential in Christ.

Serving since 1938

2965 Meldrum Street, Detroit, MI, 48207

Phone: (313) 921-0118 · Website: https://www.newliberty.org/nlc/home

New Liberty 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 — 71,417 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 Liberty Baptist Church

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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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: 46.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 38.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.5%
  • Poverty Rate: 33.9% (23.6–44.2%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.3%
  • Diabetes: 22.8%
  • Unemployment: 17.2% (8.9–25.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 34.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Detroit city is served by 1,247 churches — about one congregation for every 510 residents.

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