Second Baptist Church

Second Baptist Church is a church at 18 Church St in Lackawanna, NY 14218. It is one of 14 churches in Lackawanna.

18 Church St, Lackawanna, NY, 14218

Phone: (716) 826-4940 · Website: https://secondbaptistchurchny.org/regularevents/

Second 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 Second Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 54.7% (35.1–74.3%)
  • Poverty Rate: 32.2% (22.6–41.8%)
  • Food Insecurity: 31.4%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
  • Obesity: 41.5%
  • Social Isolation: 35.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
  • Unemployment: 11.4% (3.6–19.1%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.4%
  • Depression: 23.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
  • Diabetes: 14.3%

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

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