New Salem Baptist Church
New Salem Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2222 Illinois Street in Detroit, MI 48207. It is one of 1,584 churches in Detroit, and one of 272 Baptist congregations in the city.
We, The New Salem Baptist Church, using the Bible, the complete and authoritative Word of God, will holistically develop people by evangelizing the lost, edifying the Saints and exalting the Savior.
New Salem Baptist Church is a family oriented, spirit- led church centered in God's word with an intentional emphasis on spiritual development.
2222 Illinois Street, Detroit, MI, 48207Phone: (973) 624-0406 · Website: http://newsalembc.org/
New Salem 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 — 71,420 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.
Ministries at New Salem Baptist Church
- Outreach Programs
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The community around New Salem Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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.
- Child Poverty: 79.5%
- Obesity: 47.4%
- Poverty Rate: 45.7% (30.9–60.6%)
- Food Insecurity: 44.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.2%
- Diabetes: 22.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.4%
- Unemployment: 21.5% (10.9–32.1%)
- Social Isolation: 37.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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 Salem Baptist Church
- Zion Congregational Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Zion Congregational Church-God — 0.1 mi away
- Ark Grove Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of the Living God — 0.1 mi away
- New Life Non Denominational — 0.2 mi away
- Free Indeed Ministries Church International — 0.2 mi away
- True Vine Temple of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Sweet Kingdom Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Loyal Temple Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Harper Avenue Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Ark Grove Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Sweet Kingdom Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Loyal Temple Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away