New Salem Missionary Baptist Church
New Salem Missionary Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 2237 South Parkway, East Memphis, TN, 38114 in Memphis, TN 38126. It is one of 1,526 churches in Memphis, and one of 379 Baptist congregations in the city.
We envision a world where everyone feels loved, valued, and accepted. We strive to create a community where people can come together to worship, learn, and grow in their faith.
2237 South Parkway, East Memphis, TN, 38114, Memphis, TN, 38126Website: https://www.newsalembaptist.com/
New Salem Missionary Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around New Salem Missionary 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. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half 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.
- Child Poverty: 82.8%
- Poverty Rate: 59.4%
- Obesity: 54.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 46.3%
- Diabetes: 28.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.5%
- Unemployment: 17.3% (6.9–28.3%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.5% (6.1–27.0%)
- Depression: 26.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.
Churches near New Salem Missionary Baptist Church
- Peters Rock Holiness Church — 0.1 mi away
- COGIC General Assembly — 0.1 mi away
- Mason Temple — 0.1 mi away
- New Mt Zion MB Church — 0.2 mi away
- New Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Rescue Mission — 0.2 mi away
- Mission Global Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Greater White Stone Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Blessed Trinity Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Golden Harvest Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away