New Mount Vernon Baptist Church

New Mount Vernon Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 21009 Ithaca Avenue in Ferndale, MI 48220. It is one of 36 churches in Ferndale, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.

21009 Ithaca Avenue, Ferndale, MI, 48220

Phone: +1-248-541-3870

New Mount Vernon Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,851 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Michigan — 71,872 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 Mount Vernon Baptist Church

  • Scholarship Ministry
  • Core Team Ministry
  • Transportation Ministry
  • Culinary Arts Ministry
  • Usher Ministry (Adult)
  • Dance Ministry
  • Wedding Ministry
  • Floral Ministry
  • Women's Ministry
  • Health Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Hospitality Ministry

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The community around New Mount Vernon 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 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: 54.8% (37.4–71.4%)
  • Obesity: 47.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 39.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 28.9%
  • Unemployment: 28.8% (12.6–45.1%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.0%
  • Diabetes: 21.1%
  • Social Isolation: 38.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 29.6% (18.5–40.7%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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