Prayer Tower Fellowship Church

The community around Prayer Tower Fellowship Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 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: 67.9% (50.4–85.4%)
• Obesity: 50.2%
• Food Insecurity: 39.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.6%
• Poverty Rate: 35.6% (23.6–47.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 25.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.7%
• Diabetes: 23.4%
• Social Isolation: 35.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.7%
• Unemployment: 8.2% (3.2–13.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Gary city is served by 184 churches — about one congregation for every 375 residents.

Churches near Prayer Tower Fellowship Church

• Clark Road Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Lively Stone Church of God — 0.4 mi away
• Village First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Pleasant Valley Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Wonder Working Word Church — 0.7 mi away
• Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Old Fashion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Beth-Eden Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Prayer Outreach Deliverance Church — 0.9 mi away
• New Macedonia Baptist Church — 1 mi away