Saint John Baptist Church
Saint John Baptist Church is a church in Newark, NJ 07103. It is one of 434 churches in Newark.
Newark, NJ, 07103Saint John 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 Saint John Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third 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: 42.4%
- Social Isolation: 41.2%
- Poverty Rate: 35.3% (21.1–49.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 34.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.4%
- Unemployment: 11.9% (4.9–18.8%)
- Obesity: 38.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.9% (7.8–22.1%)
- Diabetes: 14.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.
Churches near Saint John Baptist Church
- Zion Holy Church — 0.1 mi away
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Central Assembly of God — 0.1 mi away
- Genesis Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- elestial Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.2 mi away
- Vineyard Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Matthew's Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Dominics Monastery — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Providence Missionary — 0.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Genesis Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Vineyard Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater Providence Missionary — 0.3 mi away
- Welcome Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away