Barker Temple Church of God in Christ
Barker Temple Church of God in Christ is a Church Of God In Christ (COGIC) church at 1709 Highland Avenue in Kansas City, MO 64108. It is one of 784 churches in Kansas City.
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1709 Highland Avenue, Kansas City, MO, 64108Barker Temple Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Barker Temple Church of God in Christ
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 49.9%
- Food Insecurity: 38.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.8%
- Poverty Rate: 33.8% (21.5–46.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 31.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.4%
- Diabetes: 22.1%
- Unemployment: 16.3% (6.4–26.2%)
- Social Isolation: 36.6%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
- Depression: 23.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.
Churches near Barker Temple Church of God in Christ
- Centennial United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Holy Ghost New Testament Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Monica Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Stephen Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- House of Refuge Pentecostal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mosaic Bible Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
- Freedom Fire Church — 0.5 mi away
- Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- True Love Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Evangelistic Center Church — 0.5 mi away