Humanity Baptist Church

Humanity Baptist Church is a church at 235 Bergen St in Newark, NJ 07103-2640. It is one of 434 churches in Newark.

Humanity serves all of the community, and claims the whole community as the space where our faith is demonstrated on a daily basis through prophetic witness, humble service, and sincere outreach.

The Humanity Baptist Church is an urban community church located in the central ward of the beautiful city of Newark, NJ.

Serving since 1980

235 Bergen St, Newark, NJ, 07103-2640

Phone: +18449513135 · Website: https://humanitybc.org/

Humanity Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at Humanity Baptist Church

  • Community Development Corporation
  • Community Tithe Program
  • Free Breakfast and Lunch Programs

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The community around Humanity Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 49.0%
  • Social Isolation: 41.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 37.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 36.3% (23.9–48.6%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 24.7%
  • Diabetes: 20.4%
  • Unemployment: 16.9% (5.2–28.6%)
  • Obesity: 40.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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