Saint Barnabas Church

The community around Saint Barnabas Church

Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.

• Diabetes: 19.5%
• Obesity: 42.7%
• Unemployment: 8.9% (5.2–12.7%)
• Social Isolation: 30.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.1%
• Food Insecurity: 19.5%
• Poverty Rate: 17.6% (8.3–27.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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

Churches near Saint Barnabas Church

• Bethel Lutheran Church — 1.1 mi away
• Kingdom Hall — 1.1 mi away
• Marquette Park United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Ogden Dunes Community Church — 2 mi away in Ogden Dunes, IN
• The Revolution Church — 2.1 mi away
• Chapel of the Dunes Church — 2.1 mi away
• Saint Mary of the Lake Church — 2.1 mi away
• Lakeshore Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Grace Church — 2.2 mi away in Portage, IN
• Portage Grace Church of the Nazarene — 2.3 mi away in Portage, IN