Saint John's Baptist Church
Saint John's Baptist Church is a Baptist church in New York, NY 11692. It is one of 3,431 churches in New York, and one of 194 Baptist congregations in the city.
New York, NY, 11692Website: http://www.sjbcny.com/
Saint John's Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,495 congregations of the Baptist family gather across New York — 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 Saint John's Baptist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter 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 2,300 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: 28.3%
- Social Isolation: 39.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.0%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (3.1–16.0%)
- Child Poverty: 29.6% (14.2–45.9%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
- Poverty Rate: 21.9% (11.6–32.1%)
- Diabetes: 14.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
New York city is served by 2,102 churches — about one congregation for every 4,102 residents.
Churches near Saint John's Baptist Church
- Bethel AME Church — 0.1 mi away in Far Rockaway, NY
- Arverne Pilgrim Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mt Carmel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Chapel of Praise — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Rose of Lima Church — 0.4 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Arverne, NY
- New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Far Rockaway, NY
- Christ Church the Center of Hope — 0.5 mi away in Arverne, NY
- Battalion Pentecostal — 0.5 mi away in Arverne, NY
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.7 mi away in Arverne, NY
More Baptist churches nearby
- Mt Carmel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Arverne, NY
- First Baptist Church — 3 mi away
- Saint Johns Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Inwood, NY
- First Calvary Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away in Inwood, NY