Salvation Army

Salvation Army is a church in Galesburg, IL 61401. It is one of 62 churches in Galesburg.

Galesburg, IL, 61401

Salvation Army is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 204 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Illinois — 4,599 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.

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The community around Salvation Army

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 a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 40.7%
Social Isolation: 35.9%
Poverty Rate: 25.5% (16.5–34.4%)
Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
Food Insecurity: 24.7%
Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
Depression: 24.5%
Housing Insecurity: 17.3%
Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
Diabetes: 13.2%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%

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

Galesburg city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 432 residents.

Churches near Salvation Army

First Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.3 mi away
The Quest Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
First Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
First Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
First United Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away
Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
Grace Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
The Rock Apostolic Community Church — 0.5 mi away

More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby

First Church of God — 0.8 mi away
Hope Wesleyan Church — 1.2 mi away
First Church of the Nazarene — 1.5 mi away
First Church of the Nazarene — 10.3 mi away in Abingdon, IL
Church of the Nazarene — 15.2 mi away in Monmouth, IL

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