Higher Ground Ministries

The community around Higher Ground Ministries

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 46.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.7%
• Diabetes: 24.2%
• Poverty Rate: 28.3% (15.4–41.2%)
• Child Poverty: 28.9% (9.8–48.0%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Jacksonville city is served by 807 churches — about one congregation for every 1,179 residents.

Churches near Higher Ground Ministries

• Word Vine Christian Fellowship, Inc — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Mark Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Teresa Burton Ministries — 0.2 mi away
• The Greater Bethel Church of the Apostolic Faith — 0.4 mi away
• The House of God Which is the Church of the Living God — 0.4 mi away
• New United Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• All People International Church — 0.5 mi away
• Greater Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Disciples of Christ Christian Fellowship — 0.6 mi away
• Greater New Mount Lilla Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away