Jackson Avenue Baptist Church

Jackson Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Lovington, NM 88260. It is one of 32 churches in Lovington, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.

Lovington, NM, 88260

Website: http://jacksonavebaptistchurch.com/

Jackson Avenue Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 371 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New Mexico — 71,872 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 Jackson Avenue Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of working-age adults live without health insurance. 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: 31.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.1%
  • Social Isolation: 37.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.8% (14.1–37.4%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.8%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (10.3–23.5%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.3%
  • Obesity: 39.3%
  • Child Poverty: 28.0% (10.6–45.3%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.4%
  • Diabetes: 13.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Lovington city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 474 residents.

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