The Church of Encouragement

The community around The Church of Encouragement

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. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 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: 44.0%
• Social Isolation: 34.6%
• Food Insecurity: 21.8%
• Diabetes: 15.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.8%
• Depression: 24.0%
• Poverty Rate: 20.4% (11.4–29.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%

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

Churches near The Church of Encouragement

• Spread the Word Ministries — 0.1 mi away
• New And Living Way Church — 0.3 mi away
• Kingdom Seekers Worship Center — 0.5 mi away
• All Saints Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
• Eastbrook Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• Dalraida Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Dalraida Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• Dalraida United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• The Table — 0.6 mi away
• Montgomery Baptist Temple — 0.6 mi away