Monumental Baptist Church
Monumental Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 121 Lafayette St in Jersey City, NJ 07304. It is one of 204 churches in Jersey City, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.
121 Lafayette St, Jersey City, NJ, 07304Phone: (201) 332-1870 · Website: https://www.wearemonumental.org/
Monumental 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 Monumental Baptist Church
- Armor Bearer Ministry
- Cancer Care Ministry
- Couples Ministry
- Christian Education Ministry
- Witness & Missions Ministry
- Flower Circle Ministry
- Men’s Ministry
- Nurses Ministry
- Parking Ministry
- Prayer Ministry
- Seasoned Saints Ministry
- Singles Ministry
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Latest from Monumental Baptist Church's YouTube channel: Sunday Worship with Rev. Daryl Griffin(9.13.26) (all videos).
The community around Monumental Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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: 25.3%
- Social Isolation: 33.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.5%
- Unemployment: 8.0% (2.7–13.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
- Child Poverty: 22.4% (5.4–39.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.1%
- Poverty Rate: 21.6% (12.0–31.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (5.5–19.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Jersey City city is served by 102 churches — about one congregation for every 2,822 residents.
Churches near Monumental Baptist Church
- Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Cornerstone Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Patrick & Assumption All Saints — 0.1 mi away
- Fountain of Salvation Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint James AME Church — 0.2 mi away in Newark, NJ
- Saint Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Orient Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Liberty Church Jersey City — 0.3 mi away
- Mt Olive Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Redeemer Church Jersey City — 0.4 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt Olive Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Salem Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Zion Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint John Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Bethesda Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
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