Fortress City Church
Fortress City Church is a Assemblies Of God church at 265 West Main Street in New Britain, CT 06052. It is one of 70 churches in New Britain.
Our mission is to rescue the lost with the love of Christ, revive the believer through Spirit-filled truth, train leaders for kingdom impact, and enlist the called to serve with purpose and power.
Fortress City Church exists.....Empowered by God's grace, we stand as a light, bringing His presence to every street, home, and heart in New Britain CT.
265 West Main Street, New Britain, CT, 06052Phone: (860) 225-8279 · Website: http://fortresscitychurch.com/
Fortress City Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 158 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Connecticut — 16,682 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around Fortress City Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 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 about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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: 41.1% (22.1–60.1%)
- Food Insecurity: 34.3%
- Unemployment: 12.6% (5.4–19.8%)
- Obesity: 40.2%
- Social Isolation: 36.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
- Poverty Rate: 28.9% (17.5–40.3%)
- Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.5%
- Diabetes: 17.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
New Britain city is served by 47 churches — about one congregation for every 1,578 residents.
Churches near Fortress City Church
- Saint George Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Mark's Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostal — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Sion Pentecostal — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Shekinah Casa De Restauracion — 0.4 mi away
- South Church — 0.5 mi away
- Sacred Heart Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint John's Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Right Now Ministries, Inc. — 0.5 mi away
- Our Lady of Hope Parish — 0.5 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostal — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Sion Pentecostal — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostes — 0.8 mi away
- New Bethel Fire Baptized Holiness Church — 0.9 mi away
- New Mount Olive Church of God in Christ — 1.1 mi away
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