Zion Hill Baptist Church

Zion Hill Baptist Church is a church in Newark, NJ 07112. It is one of 272 churches in Newark.

Newark, NJ, 07112

Zion Hill Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 703 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New Jersey — 71,352 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 Zion Hill 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. Nearly half 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 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 48.3%
  • Social Isolation: 41.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 39.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 38.1% (24.1–52.1%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 25.6%
  • Obesity: 41.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.5%
  • Diabetes: 17.6%
  • Unemployment: 10.3% (2.3–18.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

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

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