Wright Memorial Church of God in Christ
Wright Memorial Church of God in Christ is a Church Of God In Christ church at 2500 Mersington Avenue in Kansas City, MO 64127. It is one of 783 churches in Kansas City, and one of 11 Church Of God In Christ congregations in the city.
Wright Memorial Church of God in Christ stands as a beacon of faith and unity, a testament to the enduring power of belief and the strength of community.
2500 Mersington Avenue, Kansas City, MO, 64127Service times
- Sunday 9:30am · School
Phone: (816) 921-7087 · Website: https://wright-memorial-cogic.hub.biz/
Wright Memorial Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 443 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Missouri — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around Wright Memorial Church of God in Christ
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 51.4%
- Food Insecurity: 48.3%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 38.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.3%
- Poverty Rate: 31.0% (16.0–46.0%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 29.1% (18.0–40.2%)
- Transportation Barriers: 25.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.5%
- Diabetes: 22.5%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.0%
- Unemployment: 8.8% (1.3–16.5%)
- Child Poverty: 27.0% (13.8–43.3%)
- Depression: 24.1%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.
Churches near Wright Memorial Church of God in Christ
- Victory Outreach — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Worship Family Center — 0.3 mi away
- Gethsemane Non-Denominational Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Haitian Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Holy Light Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Ground Level Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- True Faith Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Cleveland Avenue Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- True Vine Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Victory Outreach — 0.2 mi away
- Morningstar Pentecostal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Emmanuel Temple Pentecostal Church — 0.8 mi away
- Friendly Assembly of God Church — 1.3 mi away
- Barker Temple Church of God in Christ — 1.5 mi away
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