Creston Avenue Baptist Church
Creston Avenue Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 114 East 188th Street in New York, NY 10468. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 284 Baptist congregations in the city.
The heartbeat of our church is to see lives changed and spirits renewed by the almighty power of God.
114 East 188th Street, New York, NY, 10468Service times
Saturday, December 20 · 12:00 PM (as listed)
Shares a ministry location with Fordham Community Church.
Creston Avenue 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 — 71,420 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 Creston Avenue 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 7,800 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: 49.9%
- Social Isolation: 42.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 40.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.4%
- Poverty Rate: 34.8% (24.0–45.6%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.3%
- Unemployment: 13.1% (6.2–19.9%)
- Child Poverty: 34.8% (16.2–53.4%)
- Diabetes: 16.6%
- Obesity: 37.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 8 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
Churches near Creston Avenue Baptist Church
- Fordham Community Church — 0 mi away in Bronx, NY
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- Saint James Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away in Bronx, NY
- Church Christ the King — 0.2 mi away
- Solomon Temple Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Bronx Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
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