Marriage Matters

The community around Marriage Matters

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 50.5%
• Food Insecurity: 49.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.1%
• Poverty Rate: 35.6% (22.1–49.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 33.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.9%
• Diabetes: 22.5%
• Unemployment: 15.2% (4.6–25.8%)
• Social Isolation: 38.4%
• Child Poverty: 36.2% (20.7–51.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Marriage Matters

• The Cross Church — 0.1 mi away
• Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church — 0.1 mi away
• Ignite Church — 0.1 mi away
• Our Lady of Guadalupe Roman Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
• Lighthouse Christian Fellowship Of East Chicago, Indiana — 0.2 mi away
• Holy Trinity Slovak Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
• Three Saints Independent Romanian Orthodox Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away