Salvation Army Temple
Salvation Army Temple is a church in Rockford, IL 61108. It is one of 291 churches in Rockford.
Rockford, IL, 61108Salvation Army Temple 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 Temple
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 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 46.6%
- Food Insecurity: 29.9%
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.6%
- Diabetes: 15.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
- Depression: 24.5%
- Poverty Rate: 18.9% (11.1–26.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.
Churches near Salvation Army Temple
- Bethesda Covenant Church — 0.4 mi away
- Redeemer Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- One Spirit Center — 0.5 mi away
- Tabor Lutheran Church — 0.6 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Crosspoint Church — 0.6 mi away
- Forest City Fellowship — 0.6 mi away
- Forest City Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church — 0.7 mi away
- Broadway Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Church of the Living God — 0.8 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- First Church of the Nazarene — 1.9 mi away
- Faith Wesleyan Church — 3.4 mi away
- Samuelson Road Church of the Nazarene — 3.7 mi away
- Parkside Church of the Nazarene — 6.7 mi away in Machesney Park, IL