New Light Baptist Church
New Light Baptist Church is a church at 255 14th Ave in Newark, NJ 07103. It is one of 434 churches in Newark.
255 14th Ave, Newark, NJ, 07103Phone: (973) 642-0898
New Light 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 — 71,418 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 New Light 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. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Social Isolation: 40.2%
- Food Insecurity: 32.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (3.1–16.1%)
- Obesity: 36.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
- Poverty Rate: 17.2% (7.4–27.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (5.1–19.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near New Light Baptist Church
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- Bethel Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- New United Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Redeemed Christian Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Harvest Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Divine Adoration Prayer Group — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Antoninus Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Peoples Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Gates of Heaven Midday Prayer Ministries — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
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- Greater Providence Missionary — 0.3 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Genesis Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Vineyard Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away