Pelkie Laestadian Church

The community around Pelkie Laestadian Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Poverty Rate: 33.4%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Depression: 29.3%
• Unemployment: 9.3% (5.1–13.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 17.1% (12.0–24.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Portage charter township is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 3,019 residents.

Churches near Pelkie Laestadian Church

• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 2 mi away in Chassell, MI
• Michigan Tech Cru — 2.7 mi away in Houghton, MI
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 2.7 mi away
• Peace Evangelical Lutheran Church — 2.8 mi away in Houghton, MI
• Saint Anne's Catholic Church — 3.1 mi away in Chassell, MI
• Chassell Apostolic Lutheran Church — 3.2 mi away in Chassell, MI
• Saint Albert the Great Catholic Church — 3.4 mi away in Houghton, MI
• Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church & Rectory — 3.5 mi away in Dollar Bay, MI
• Peninsula Christian Church — 3.5 mi away in Dollar Bay, MI
• His House Christian Fellowship — 3.5 mi away in Houghton, MI