Friendship Church

The community around Friendship Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly half of working-age adults live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

• Food Insecurity: 49.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 46.6%
• Social Isolation: 44.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 43.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 37.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
• Obesity: 41.0%
• Child Poverty: 38.1% (20.0–56.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
• Poverty Rate: 27.5% (16.7–38.2%)
• Diabetes: 16.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Gainesville city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 1,937 residents.

Churches near Friendship Church

• Diego Pascual — 0.1 mi away
• Church of God — 0.1 mi away
• Aposento Alto — 0.2 mi away
• Iglesia Pentecostal Jesús Salva — 0.4 mi away
• Christ First Church — 0.4 mi away
• Set Free Gainesville — 0.4 mi away
• Asbury Chapel — 0.4 mi away
• Central Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Gainesville Baptist Mission — 0.5 mi away
• Gainesville Tabernacle — 0.5 mi away