Morning Star Baptist Church

Morning Star Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Newark, NJ 07112. It is one of 434 churches in Newark, and one of 17 Baptist congregations in the city.

Newark, NJ, 07112

Shares a ministry location with Bethesda Garden Temple Church, Inc.

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

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The community around Morning Star 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.

  • Social Isolation: 40.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 39.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.6%
  • Unemployment: 12.4% (4.1–21.1%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.6% (13.2–35.9%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
  • Diabetes: 15.6%
  • Obesity: 39.1%
  • Child Poverty: 29.0% (12.1–45.9%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (4.5–22.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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

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