Mars Hill Baptist Church
Mars Hill Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1030 Prospect Ave in Bronx, NY 10459-2714. It is one of 321 churches in Bronx, and one of 16 Baptist congregations in the city.
Our mission is to create a welcoming environment where everyone can experience God’s love and grow spiritually.
At Mars Hill Baptist Church, we are committed to nurturing a community where everyone can find spiritual growth, support, and a sense of belonging.
1030 Prospect Ave, Bronx, NY, 10459-2714Website: https://marshillbaptist.org/
Mars Hill Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,466 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 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.
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The community around Mars Hill 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. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 5,200 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: 58.5% (43.5–73.5%)
- Food Insecurity: 50.9%
- Social Isolation: 43.1%
- Poverty Rate: 42.9% (30.9–55.0%)
- Housing Insecurity: 41.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 23.4%
- Unemployment: 19.9% (12.8–27.1%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.7%
- Diabetes: 17.9%
- Obesity: 38.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
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