Lively Stone Apostolic Church

The community around Lively Stone Apostolic 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: 55.5% (39.1–72.0%)
• Obesity: 47.8%
• Poverty Rate: 33.5% (22.8–44.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 33.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.9%
• Unemployment: 13.1% (6.6–19.5%)
• Social Isolation: 38.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
• Diabetes: 15.5%
• Depression: 24.4%

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

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

Churches near Lively Stone Apostolic Church

• Saint Mary's Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Free Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Community of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Freewill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Blackwell Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
• Gateway Church — 0.4 mi away in Mt Vernon, IL
• Mt.Vernon Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away in Mt Vernon, IL
• Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Corinthian Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away