Unity Freedom Baptist Church
Unity Freedom Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Newark, NJ 07103. It is one of 434 churches in Newark, and one of 42 Baptist congregations in the city.
Newark, NJ, 07103Phone: (973) 230-7219 · Website: http://www.unityfreedombc.org/
Unity Freedom 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 — 71,417 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.
Ministries at Unity Freedom Baptist Church
- Deacon Ministry
- Trustee Ministry
- Economic Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Social Media Ministry
- Music Ministry
- Doorkeeper Ministry
- Ministry of Outreach
- Ministry of In-reach
- Ministry of Medical Equipment
- Counseling
- Praise Dance Ministry
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The community around Unity Freedom Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Child Poverty: 69.5% (52.1–87.0%)
- Poverty Rate: 46.0% (30.4–61.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 44.1%
- Social Isolation: 40.6%
- Housing Insecurity: 36.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.8%
- Unemployment: 15.5% (5.6–25.4%)
- Obesity: 40.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.7%
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (4.1–19.0%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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 Unity Freedom Baptist Church
- New Vision Christian Assembly — 0.1 mi away
- Gospel Light Church of God in Christ Jesus — 0.1 mi away
- Salvation Army — 0.1 mi away
- Newark Ebenezer Ghana Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Allen AME Church — 0.2 mi away
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Redemption Church Of God — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Temple Freewill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- The United House of Prayer for All People — 0.2 mi away
- Abundant Life Original Glorious — 0.2 mi away in Irvington, NJ
More Baptist churches nearby
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Temple Freewill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Olivet Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away