Defenders Faith Center

The community around Defenders Faith Center

Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Unemployment: 13.2% (5.3–21.1%)
• Obesity: 41.1%
• Social Isolation: 33.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
• Food Insecurity: 24.8%
• Diabetes: 15.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%

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

Churches near Defenders Faith Center

• Bloodline City Church — 0 mi away
• Lighthouse Temple — 0.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• East Gary Southern Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Community Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Turning Point Church — 0.9 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.9 mi away
• Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church — 1 mi away
• First Baptist Church of New Chicago — 1 mi away in Hobart, IN