Mount Olive Baptist Church
Mount Olive Baptist Church is a Baptist church in East Orange, NJ 07017. It is one of 78 churches in East Orange, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.
Most importantly, under the motto “Christ our Message, Souls our Mission,” Mount Olive has become a home for those who are dedicated to the service of the Lord Jesus Christ.
As “The Church with the Down-Home Spirit,” Mt. Olive has become sought out by other congregations for regular fellowship, with many of its members acting as leaders in local and regional associations of Baptist churches.
East Orange, NJ, 07017Service times
- Sunday 9am · Worship
- Wednesday 12pm · Worship
Mount Olive Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 706 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New Jersey — 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.
Ministries at Mount Olive Baptist Church
- Feeding Program
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The community around Mount Olive Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 30.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.2%
- Unemployment: 12.5% (5.7–19.4%)
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.9% (8.7–23.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
East Orange city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 2,025 residents.
Churches near Mount Olive Baptist Church
- Our Lady Help of the Christians Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Bethlehem French SDA Church — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Resurrection Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Temple Original Free — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- R.I.S.E Church — 0.2 mi away
- Guiding Star United Holy Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Temple Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Central Brick Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Christ Resurrection Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Temple Original Free — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Temple Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Union Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Orange, NJ
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Orange, NJ
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