Saint Peters United Church of Christ

Saint Peters United Church of Christ is a church in Murphysboro, IL 62966. It is one of 31 churches in Murphysboro.

Murphysboro, IL, 62966

Saint Peters 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 Saint Peters United Church of Christ

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

Obesity: 43.6%
Social Isolation: 35.1%
Unemployment: 9.4% (2.1–16.9%)
Depression: 23.2%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
Food Insecurity: 19.7%
Poverty Rate: 17.4% (7.9–26.9%)
Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
Diabetes: 13.5%
Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%

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

Murphysboro city is served by 11 churches — about one congregation for every 280 residents.

Churches near Saint Peters United Church of Christ

First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
Murphysboro United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
First Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
City Hope Church — 0.2 mi away
Christian Science Church — 0.2 mi away
SFC Outreach Ministries — 0.2 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
Elm Street Southern Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away

More Congregational churches nearby

Church of the Good Shepherd — 6.6 mi away in Carbondale, IL
Congregational Christian Church — 13.4 mi away in Alto Pass, IL
Saint Johns United Church of Christ — 17.8 mi away in Du Quoin, IL
Saint Pauls United Church of Christ — 22 mi away in Pinckneyville, IL
Zion United Church of Christ — 22.2 mi away in Marion, IL

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