Phillips Temple Church of God

The community around Phillips Temple Church of God

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up 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.

• Obesity: 53.5%
• Child Poverty: 42.6% (25.9–59.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 42.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.4%
• Diabetes: 22.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.2%
• Unemployment: 13.5% (4.4–22.7%)
• Social Isolation: 39.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.0%
• Poverty Rate: 28.0% (18.3–37.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 20.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.2% (8.4–20.0%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0% (10.7–17.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Tuscaloosa city is served by 142 churches — about one congregation for every 688 residents.

Churches near Phillips Temple Church of God

• Plum Grove Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Herman Avenue Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Old Fosters Ferry Road Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Maranatha Seventh-day Adventist — 0.5 mi away
• Oakdale Primitive Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Faith Apostolic Church of Tuscaloosa — 0.6 mi away
• Culver Road Church — 0.6 mi away
• Church of Lord Jesus Christ — 0.7 mi away
• Jehovah's Witnesses West — 0.7 mi away
• Full Gospel Church — 0.7 mi away