Second Baptist Church
Second Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist church in Paterson, NJ 07501. It is one of 170 churches in Paterson.
The Second Baptist Church was organized in 1940, and was incorporated as the Second Baptist Church of Paterson, New Jersey on January 27, 1941.
Serving since 1940
Paterson, NJ, 07501Phone: (973) 345-0808 · Website: http://secondbaptistpaterson.org/
Second 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 Second Baptist Church
- Rising Above Substance Abuse and HIV Ministry
- After School Tutorial Center
- Community Library
- Senior Housing
- Missionary Parking Lot Ministry
- R.E.A.D Adult Basic Skills Program
- Bible Study
- Noon Day Prayer
- SBC Life Changing Fellowship
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The community around Second Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 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: 51.3%
- Social Isolation: 43.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 39.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 28.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.5%
- Obesity: 42.7%
- Child Poverty: 36.5% (19.9–53.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
- Poverty Rate: 29.6% (19.2–40.1%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.7% (10.8–24.6%)
- Diabetes: 17.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Paterson city is served by 85 churches — about one congregation for every 1,857 residents.
Churches near Second Baptist Church
- Saint Augustine Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Creech Temple UHCA — 0.1 mi away
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Aidans Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Community Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia de Cristo Misionera Betel — 0.2 mi away
- Seminary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Luke's Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Jesus Christ the Lord — 0.2 mi away
- Casa De Refugio — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Shiloh Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Community Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Seminary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Luke's Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
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