Church On the Rock

Church On the Rock is a Pentecostal church at 2500 Sansom Ave in Gadsden, AL 35904-1915. It is one of 215 churches in Gadsden, and one of 4 Pentecostal congregations in the city.

2500 Sansom Ave, Gadsden, AL, 35904-1915

Service times

  • Sunday 10am · School

Phone: (256) 546-7301 · Website: https://churchontherockupc.org/

Shares a ministry location with Alabama City Church of the Nazarene.

Church On the Rock is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 478 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Alabama — 16,683 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 Church On the Rock

Within about a mile of this church, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 63.3% (44.5–82.1%)
  • Obesity: 52.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 42.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 40.8% (27.7–53.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.8% (14.4–33.2%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.5%
  • Diabetes: 22.1%
  • Social Isolation: 39.4%
  • Depression: 28.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.6%
  • Unemployment: 9.9% (0.8–19.1%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%

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

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