New Light Baptist Church

New Light Baptist Church is a church at 255 14th Ave in Newark, NJ 07103. It is one of 437 churches in Newark.

New Light Baptist Church is a non-traditional, urban, church located in Harlem, New York. We opened our church doors on Easter Sunday 2009 and have been serving and ministering in the Harlem community and across the world in places like Haiti, Spain, and Alaska ever since.

255 14th Ave, Newark, NJ, 07103

Phone: (973) 642-0898 · Website: http://www.nlbcnyc.org/

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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.

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