Canaan Baptist Church

Ministries at Canaan Baptist Church

• Food Bank
• After-School Program
• Summer Camp
• Computer Learning Center

The community around Canaan Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. That is 2,400 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.

• Food Insecurity: 32.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
• Unemployment: 12.8% (6.0–19.5%)
• Social Isolation: 39.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.0% (7.2–26.8%)
• Diabetes: 15.2%
• Obesity: 36.9%
• Poverty Rate: 18.1% (11.2–25.0%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.

Churches near Canaan Baptist Church

• Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• St. John's Community Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Good Neighbor Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Victory At Sunrise Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Timothy Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Life-Giving Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Galilee Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Ark City Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Saint James Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away