Zion United Church of Christ

Zion United Church of Christ is a church in Central City, IL 62801. It is one of 4 churches in Central City.

Central City, IL, 62801

Zion United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 218 congregations of the Congregational family gather across Illinois — 2,948 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.

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The community around Zion United Church of Christ

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

Child Poverty: 52.6% (33.6–71.6%)
Obesity: 47.4%
Poverty Rate: 38.3% (28.3–48.4%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
Food Insecurity: 31.8%
Diabetes: 19.2%
Unemployment: 14.9% (9.4–20.3%)
Social Isolation: 35.9%
Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
Depression: 25.7%
Transportation Barriers: 16.0%

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

Central City village is served by 3 churches — about one congregation for every 1,061 residents.

Churches near Zion United Church of Christ

Tri-City Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
Central City United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
Central City Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
First General Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Centralia, IL
New Harmony Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Centralia, IL
Oratory of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker — 1 mi away in Centralia, IL
New Covenant Ministries — 1 mi away in Centralia, IL
Ricks Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1 mi away in Centralia, IL
Second Baptist Missionary Church — 1.1 mi away in Centralia, IL
First Church of God — 1.1 mi away in Centralia, IL

More Congregational churches nearby

Saint Peters United Church of Christ — 1.6 mi away in Centralia, IL
Friedens United Church Christ — 7.8 mi away in Irvington, IL
Immanuel United Church of Christ — 14.5 mi away in Carlyle, IL
Saint Pauls United Church of Christ — 19.4 mi away in Nashville, IL
Zion Evangelicals & Reformed United Church of Christ — 22.2 mi away in Addieville, IL

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