Higher Ground Always Abounding Assembly Church

Higher Ground Always Abounding Assembly Church is a church at 870 Saint Clair Avenue in Columbus, OH 43201. It is one of 1,026 churches in Columbus.

Our objective at Higher Ground is to take ordinary people, with ordinary backgrounds and introduce them to an extraordinary Savior. Who will forever change their lives for the better.

The Higher Ground Always Abounding Assemblies, Inc., 870 St. Clair Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, was founded and organized by its present pastor Dr. Sherman S. Watkins in March, 1970.

870 Saint Clair Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43201

Phone: +1-614-291-5716 · Website: https://highergroundaaa.com/

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The community around Higher Ground Always Abounding Assembly Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 89.8%
  • Obesity: 47.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 46.3%
  • Social Isolation: 45.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 44.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 32.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 23.8%
  • Diabetes: 19.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
  • Depression: 27.4%
  • Unemployment: 11.5% (4.7–18.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (6.6–16.5%)

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

Columbus city is served by 545 churches — about one congregation for every 1,492 residents.

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