St. Luke's United Church of Christ
St. Luke's United Church of Christ is a United_church_of_christ church in Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705. It is one of 80 churches in Wilkes-Barre.
Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18705Website: http://www.stlukeschurchwb.org/
St. Luke's United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around St. Luke's United Church of Christ
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 44.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
- Child Poverty: 26.8% (11.6–43.7%)
- Depression: 24.0%
- Poverty Rate: 20.1% (6.8–33.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.1% (4.6–17.7%)
- Unemployment: 6.0% (1.5–10.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Wilkes-Barre city is served by 54 churches — about one congregation for every 820 residents.
Churches near St. Luke's United Church of Christ
- New Hope Church — 0 mi away
- Iglesia Cristiana Nueva Jerusalem — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Cross Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
- Wesley Chapel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saints Peter & Paul Ukrainian Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Matthew Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. Andre Bessette — 0.4 mi away
- Parker Hill Community Church — 0.5 mi away
- LCBC — 0.5 mi away in Plains Twp, PA