New Jerusalem Baptist Church
New Jerusalem Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Meridian, MS 39301. It is one of 221 churches in Meridian, and one of 51 Baptist congregations in the city.
Meridian, MS, 39301New Jerusalem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 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.
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The community around New Jerusalem Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 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: 51.4%
- Food Insecurity: 42.6%
- Poverty Rate: 37.4% (19.5–55.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.5%
- Diabetes: 25.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (3.7–19.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Meridian city is served by 90 churches — about one congregation for every 361 residents.
Churches near New Jerusalem Baptist Church
- Anderson Temple COGIC — 0.1 mi away
- Ephesus Church — 0.2 mi away
- El Bethel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Paul United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Bonds of Love Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- 31st Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Highland United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Agape Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- El Bethel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- 31st Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
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