Ross Street Christian Church

The community around Ross Street Christian Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 64.6% (43.0–81.2%)
• Obesity: 51.8%
• Poverty Rate: 42.4% (29.2–55.6%)
• Food Insecurity: 41.2%
• Social Isolation: 40.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.4%
• Diabetes: 21.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
• Depression: 23.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (6.8–21.5%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Montgomery city is served by 208 churches — about one congregation for every 892 residents.

Churches near Ross Street Christian Church

• Capitol City Church Of God In Christ — 0 mi away
• Jackson Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.1 mi away
• Hutchinson Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Hale Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Hilliard African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
• Maggie Street Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Congregational Church — 0.3 mi away
• Grace Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away