Temple of Blessing Church of God in Christ
Temple of Blessing Church of God in Christ is a church in Rockford, IL 61102. It is one of 291 churches in Rockford.
Rockford, IL, 61102Temple of Blessing Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 710 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Illinois — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around Temple of Blessing Church of God in Christ
Within about a mile of this church, 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 more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,300 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: 51.5%
- Child Poverty: 42.1% (27.2–57.0%)
- Food Insecurity: 41.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
- Housing Insecurity: 31.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
- Diabetes: 19.1%
- Unemployment: 15.2% (5.8–24.7%)
- Social Isolation: 39.8%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
- Poverty Rate: 26.7% (13.5–40.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
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 Temple of Blessing Church of God in Christ
- Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- West Side Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Greater Galilee Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Goshen Full Gospel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Victory Outreach Rockford — 0.4 mi away
- Israel of God Church — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Tabernacle Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Tabernacle Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Paul Church of God in Christ — 0.6 mi away
- West Side Church of God in Christ — 0.9 mi away
- Primera Iglesia De Dios — 1.1 mi away
- Greater New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ — 1.2 mi away