St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church
St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church is a Greek Orthodox church at 145 Broad Street in Perth Amboy, NJ 08861. It is one of 77 churches in Perth Amboy, and one of 2 Greek Orthodox congregations in the city.
145 Broad Street, Perth Amboy, NJ, 08861Phone: (732) 826-4442 · Website: http://www.sjacrod.org/
St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church is part of the Eastern Orthodox family of churches in The American Church Story. 94 congregations of the Eastern Orthodox family gather across New Jersey — 2,098 across the United States on The Church Map.
Orthodoxy has carried the worship of the ancient church essentially unbroken since the first centuries, and it has never let the rest of us settle for a gospel that only forgives — it insists God intends to make his people like himself. Its liturgy, its icons, and its theology of the Trinity are wells the whole church keeps returning to.
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The community around St. John the Baptist Orthodox 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 about a third of working-age adults live without health insurance. That is 2,600 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: 37.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 33.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 30.0% (21.7–38.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 29.9%
- Unemployment: 14.0% (8.4–19.5%)
- Obesity: 42.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.7%
- Child Poverty: 30.6% (14.7–46.9%)
- Poverty Rate: 23.5% (14.4–32.6%)
- Diabetes: 16.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Perth Amboy city is served by 36 churches — about one congregation for every 1,534 residents.
Churches near St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church
- Ministerio Cristiano Remanente Fiel NJ — 0.1 mi away
- Church of Pentecost USA Inc. — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia de Cristo de Perth Amboy — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia de Evangelización Misionera Jóvenes Cristianos Perth amboy — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Jesus The King Coptic Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Pentecostal Misionera La Senda Antigua — 0.2 mi away
- Manantial de Vida — 0.2 mi away
- Extendiendo Las Manos — 0.2 mi away
- Lighthouse Christian Church Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
More Eastern Orthodox churches nearby
- St. Spiridon Orthodox Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church — 0.9 mi away
- St. Mary & St. George Church — 1 mi away in New York, NY
- Church of Fr. Yostos El Antony & Fr. Pishoy Kamel — 1.1 mi away in New York, NY
- Saint Demetrius Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral — 5.5 mi away in Carteret, NJ
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