Oakwood University Church

Oakwood University Church is a Seventh Day Adventist church at 5500 Adventist Boulevard Northwest in Huntsville, AL 35896. It is one of 404 churches in Huntsville, and one of 2 Seventh Day Adventist congregations in the city.

5500 Adventist Boulevard Northwest, Huntsville, AL, 35896

Oakwood University Church is part of the Adventist and Sabbatarian family of churches in The American Church Story. 64 congregations of the Adventist and Sabbatarian family gather across Alabama — 4,219 across the United States on The Church Map.

Adventists have kept two things in front of a forgetful church: that God commanded rest, and that Christ is actually returning. They also built one of the largest Protestant health and education systems on earth — hospitals, clinics, and schools serving many times their own membership.

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The community around Oakwood University Church

Within about a mile of this church, 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 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.

  • Obesity: 45.4%
  • Social Isolation: 43.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 29.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 18.0% (6.1–29.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Huntsville city is served by 199 churches — about one congregation for every 1,044 residents.

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