First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church
First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church is a Baptist church at 572 Broad Street in Newark, NJ 07102. It is one of 434 churches in Newark, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.
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572 Broad Street, Newark, NJ, 07102Website: https://www.peddiechurch.org/
First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around First Baptist Peddie Memorial Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,500 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 38.8%
- Poverty Rate: 26.0% (17.7–34.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 24.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 20.3%
- Unemployment: 8.4% (2.0–14.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.8%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.
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