Guiding Star United Holy Church

Guiding Star United Holy Church is a church at 400 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in East Orange, NJ 07018-3210. It is one of 78 churches in East Orange.

400 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, East Orange, NJ, 07018-3210

Phone: +19082459794 · Website: https://www.guidingstarchurch.org/about-us/

Shares a ministry location with R.I.S.E Church.

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The community around Guiding Star United Holy Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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.

  • Child Poverty: 43.4% (26.8–60.1%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 34.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.4% (15.0–35.8%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
  • Unemployment: 10.2% (5.1–15.2%)
  • Obesity: 37.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.7%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.6%
  • Diabetes: 13.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (7.2–19.2%)

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

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