Phillip Chapel

The community around Phillip Chapel

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 70.1%
• Obesity: 59.4%
• Food Insecurity: 49.3%
• Poverty Rate: 44.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 36.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 25.1%
• Unemployment: 22.7% (11.7–33.6%)
• Diabetes: 22.5%
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.4%
• Depression: 26.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%

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

Muskegon Heights city is served by 32 churches — about one congregation for every 311 residents.

Churches near Phillip Chapel

• New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Queen Esther Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Bethel Baptist Evange — 0.2 mi away in Muskegon, MI
• Greater Deliverance Apostolic — 0.2 mi away in Muskegon, MI
• Grace Temple Apostic Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
• Refuge Healing Temple — 0.2 mi away in Muskegon, MI
• Muskegon Heights Wood Street Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Morning Star Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Friendship Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Muskegon, MI
• Emmanuel Tabernacle Church-God — 0.5 mi away in Muskegon, MI