Newport Church

The community around Newport Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 59.7%
• Obesity: 54.2%
• Poverty Rate: 43.9%
• Food Insecurity: 43.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.6%
• Diabetes: 21.9%
• Unemployment: 12.5% (4.8–20.1%)
• Social Isolation: 35.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (8.2–16.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Lumberton city is served by 7 churches — about one congregation for every 1,406 residents.

Churches near Newport Church

• New Point Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• St Mary Holiness Church — 0.8 mi away
• New Light Apostolic Church — 0.9 mi away
• Liberty Hill Church — 0.9 mi away
• First Baptist Homes — 1 mi away
• Cromartie Temple Of Praise — 1 mi away
• Christian Faith Center — 1.2 mi away
• Sandy Grove Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• South Lumberton Church of Christ — 1.5 mi away
• McCormick Chapel AME Church-Lumberton NC — 1.5 mi away