Hopewell Baptist Church
Hopewell Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 17 Muhammad Ali Ave in Newark, NJ 07108. It is one of 434 churches in Newark, and one of 42 Baptist congregations in the city.
The mission of the Hopewell Museum is to preserve and display the artifacts that serve as an expression of village life in New Jersey and tell the story of Hopewell-area history from its pre-colonial beginnings to the present.
Serving since 1825
17 Muhammad Ali Ave, Newark, NJ, 07108Phone: (973) 824-9119 · Website: https://thehopewellmuseum.org/hopewellbaptistchurch
Hopewell 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.
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The community around Hopewell Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than 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 2,100 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: 76.1%
- Food Insecurity: 36.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
- Unemployment: 15.3% (4.9–25.6%)
- Social Isolation: 37.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
- Poverty Rate: 29.5% (15.5–43.5%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
- Diabetes: 16.8%
- Obesity: 38.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (4.2–22.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
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- Calvary Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Columba's Church — 0.2 mi away
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- House of Prayer Ministries International — 0.3 mi away
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