Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church
Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Gadsden, AL 35904. It is one of 215 churches in Gadsden, and one of 6 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Gadsden, AL, 35904Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 352 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Alabama — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church
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 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 62.7% (43.9–81.4%)
- Obesity: 50.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.6%
- Food Insecurity: 37.5%
- Poverty Rate: 36.7% (23.9–49.4%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.4% (15.8–30.9%)
- Diabetes: 20.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.2%
- Social Isolation: 39.1%
- Depression: 28.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
- Unemployment: 8.3% (0.9–15.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Gadsden city is served by 121 churches — about one congregation for every 258 residents.
Churches near Ward Memorial Presbyterian Church
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- Malone Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Smiths Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Lookout Avenue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Cathedral Of Praise — 0.4 mi away
- High Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Kyle Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Word of Life Church — 0.5 mi away
- Church On the Rock — 0.5 mi away
- Alabama City Church of the Nazarene — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Etowah Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
- Walnut Park Presbyterian Church — 1.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 2.4 mi away
- Trinity Presbyterian Church-USA — 3.5 mi away
- Covenant Fellowship — 3.7 mi away in Rainbow City, AL