New Jerusalem Baptist
New Jerusalem Baptist is a Baptist church at 168 Prospect Street in Pontiac, MI 48341. It is one of 154 churches in Pontiac, and one of 28 Baptist congregations in the city.
168 Prospect Street, Pontiac, MI, 48341New Jerusalem Baptist 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 Jerusalem Baptist
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 47.5%
- Food Insecurity: 38.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.9%
- Diabetes: 19.1%
- Unemployment: 13.6% (7.0–20.1%)
- Social Isolation: 38.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
- Poverty Rate: 22.6% (12.8–32.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 18.4%
- Child Poverty: 29.1% (10.9–47.3%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Pontiac city is served by 134 churches — about one congregation for every 462 residents.
Churches near New Jerusalem Baptist
- New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist — 0 mi away
- New Springfield Missionary — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Temple Church — 0.1 mi away
- Kingdom of God Outreach Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- New Era Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Jessie Street Church of God Pentecostal — 0.2 mi away
- True Church House of Prayer to All Nations — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Mt. Cavalry Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Mt Calvary MB Church — 0.3 mi away
- Galilean Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist — 0 mi away
- New Springfield Missionary — 0.1 mi away
- New Era Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Mt. Cavalry Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Galilean Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away