Forney Avenue Church

The community around Forney Avenue Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 working-age adults live without health insurance. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 34.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 28.6% (19.8–37.3%)
• Obesity: 41.7%
• Diabetes: 17.4%
• Unemployment: 9.4% (3.3–15.6%)
• Poverty Rate: 21.7% (13.5–29.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Dallas city is served by 1,325 churches — about one congregation for every 1,008 residents.

Churches near Forney Avenue Church

• Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Holy Temple Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• St. Luke Community United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Iglesia De Dios La Gran Comision — 0.4 mi away
• Progressive Baptist Church East — 0.4 mi away
• The Cities of Refuge - Dallas — 0.4 mi away
• Jenkins Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
• Agape Temple American Church — 0.5 mi away
• Griggs Chapel Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Mitchell Street Church of God in Christ — 0.8 mi away