Whetstone Ministries

The community around Whetstone Ministries

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 half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Child Poverty: 55.0% (40.9–69.1%)
• Poverty Rate: 34.0% (23.5–44.5%)
• Obesity: 40.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (9.4–21.1%)
• Diabetes: 14.9%
• Unemployment: 6.6% (2.9–10.3%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Whetstone Ministries

• Regency Church of God — 0.1 mi away
• Rehoboth Ethiopian Evangelical Church of God — 0.1 mi away
• CSHC Jacksonville — 0.2 mi away
• St. John's Russian Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
• Elevate Life Church — Arlington — 0.4 mi away
• Chinese Christian Church of Jacksonville — 0.4 mi away
• Vision Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Coast International SDA — 0.5 mi away
• Oakwood Villa Church of God of Prophecy — 0.5 mi away
• Life Point Church Jacksonville — 0.5 mi away