Pilgrim Rest United American Freewill Church

The community around Pilgrim Rest United American Freewill 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. 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: 49.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
• Diabetes: 19.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.5%
• Poverty Rate: 18.3% (9.5–27.1%)
• Unemployment: 6.7% (1.3–12.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Lakeland city is served by 95 churches — about one congregation for every 1,199 residents.

Churches near Pilgrim Rest United American Freewill Church

• Macedonia Primitive Baptist — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Saint Paul Baptist Missionary Church — 0.2 mi away
• Ewing Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Pauls Church — 0.2 mi away
• Pilgram Rest Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Sinai Primitive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Center for Practical Christianity — 0.3 mi away
• Emmanuel Temple Church — 0.3 mi away
• Greater New Beginning Baptist Church Inc — 0.3 mi away