Newburgh A.M.E. Zion Church

Newburgh A.M.E. Zion Church is a Baptist church at 109 Washington St in Newburgh, NY 12550-5537. It is one of 78 churches in Newburgh, and one of 4 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our Mission requires us to increase our love for God and to help meet the needs of humankind by “loving God with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.”

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church of Newburgh, located at 111 Washington Street, in the City of Newburgh, New York, was established on Montgomery Street in 1827.

Serving since 1827

109 Washington St, Newburgh, NY, 12550-5537

Service times

  • Thursday 10am

Phone: +18455698114 · Website: http://www.newburghzion.org/

Newburgh A.M.E. Zion 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 Newburgh A.M.E. Zion 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. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 38.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 36.5% (21.4–51.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.3%
  • Obesity: 40.7%
  • Social Isolation: 36.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.2% (6.5–24.0%)
  • Diabetes: 14.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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