Hope of the Nations Christian Center
Hope of the Nations Christian Center is a church at 134 North 5th Street in Reading, PA 19601. It is one of 137 churches in Reading.
134 North 5th Street, Reading, PA, 19601Website: https://hopeofthenations.net/
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The community around Hope of the Nations Christian Center
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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: 52.5% (33.3–71.6%)
- Obesity: 47.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.0%
- Poverty Rate: 35.3% (24.9–45.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 28.5%
- Diabetes: 20.2%
- Unemployment: 13.4% (3.9–22.9%)
- Depression: 24.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Reading city is served by 66 churches — about one congregation for every 1,433 residents.
Churches near Hope of the Nations Christian Center
- Reading Friends Meetinghouse — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
- Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Reading Quaker Meeting — 0.1 mi away
- Iglesia Universal — 0.2 mi away
- First Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Cross United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Lighthouse Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
- Hopewell Mennonite Church — 0.3 mi away