New Salem Baptist Church

New Salem Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1721 North Croskey Street in Philadelphia, PA 19121. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 239 Baptist congregations in the city.

1721 North Croskey Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19121

New Salem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,509 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Pennsylvania — 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 New Salem 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 half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,700 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.

  • Child Poverty: 51.6% (35.0–72.5%)
  • Poverty Rate: 39.0% (22.8–55.3%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.3%
  • Diabetes: 19.7%
  • Unemployment: 12.2% (4.8–20.0%)
  • Obesity: 42.6%
  • Depression: 23.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.

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