Universal Church of the Nazarene
Universal Church of the Nazarene is a church in Gary, IN 46403. It is one of 275 churches in Gary.
Gary, IN, 46403Universal Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 291 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Indiana — 4,365 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 Universal Church of the Nazarene
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 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: 50.7%
- Food Insecurity: 41.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
- Poverty Rate: 32.5% (19.0–46.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 27.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.7%
- Diabetes: 23.1%
- Social Isolation: 35.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.2%
- Unemployment: 10.1% (3.6–16.6%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Gary city is served by 184 churches — about one congregation for every 375 residents.
Churches near Universal Church of the Nazarene
- Miracle Temple Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Christ Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Cathedral of Hope COGIC — 0.5 mi away
- House of Prayer Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Tree of Life Missionary Church — 0.6 mi away
- Living Water Baptist Church of Aetna — 0.6 mi away
- Beyond 4 Walls Christian Center — 0.7 mi away
- Miller First Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- Lakeshore Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Saint Mary of the Lake Church — 0.9 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Portage Grace Church of the Nazarene — 3.7 mi away in Portage, IN
- Hobart First Church of the Nazarene — 3.9 mi away in Hobart, IN
- First Church of the Nazarene — 4.5 mi away in Hobart, IN
- First Church of the Nazarene — 4.7 mi away in Portage, IN
- First Church of the Nazarene — 6 mi away