Forest City Fellowship

Forest City Fellowship is a church at 1300 17th St in Rockford, IL 61104-5629. It is one of 262 churches in Rockford.

We desire to love God with all of our hearts, to love our families, and to love this city back to life.

Forest City Fellowship was started in 1990 by a group of believers who were seeking to worship the Lord according to the Scripture's instructions and the leading of the Holy Spirit.

1300 17th St, Rockford, IL, 61104-5629

Phone: +18153940155 · Website: https://www.forestcityfellowship.net/

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The community around Forest City Fellowship

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand 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.

  • Child Poverty: 54.4% (38.2–70.5%)
  • Obesity: 49.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.4%
  • Social Isolation: 39.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 23.4% (14.4–32.3%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.9%
  • Diabetes: 16.0%
  • Depression: 25.3%

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

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