Central Christian Church

Service times

• Sunday 4:30am

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The community around Central Christian Church

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 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 57.6% (42.6–72.5%)
• Obesity: 46.7%
• Poverty Rate: 32.4% (22.1–42.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 31.6%
• Unemployment: 12.4% (6.7–18.0%)
• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
• Diabetes: 15.1%
• Depression: 24.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Mount Vernon city is served by 39 churches — about one congregation for every 277 residents.

Churches near Central Christian Church

• Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Mt.Vernon Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away in Mt Vernon, IL
• First United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Kingdom Seed Ministries — 0.2 mi away in Mt Vernon, IL
• Antioch International Assembly — 0.3 mi away
• Freewill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Mary's Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Gateway Church — 0.3 mi away in Mt Vernon, IL
• First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mount Vernon Unitarian Universalist Fellowship — 0.4 mi away in Mt Vernon, IL