First Jerusalem Baptist Church
First Jerusalem Baptist Church is a Baptist church in New York, NY 11238. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 284 Baptist congregations in the city.
New York, NY, 11238Phone: (718) 857-5565
First Jerusalem 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 First Jerusalem Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. That is 3,700 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 37.5%
- Unemployment: 10.4% (5.0–15.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.8%
- Food Insecurity: 19.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 17.4%
- Poverty Rate: 16.4% (8.7–24.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
Churches near First Jerusalem Baptist Church
- The Universal Church — 0.1 mi away
- 1091 Fulton St — 0.1 mi away in Brooklyn, NY
- Saint Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Bethel Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- Brooklyn Christian Center — 0.1 mi away in Brooklyn, NY
- Saint Augustines Protestant Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint John F.B.H. Church — 0.2 mi away
- Redemption Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- The Elim International Fellowship — 0.2 mi away in Brooklyn, NY
- Zion House of Prayer — 0.2 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- New Canaan Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Evening Star Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Friendship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- New Castle Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away