Carry The Word Church
Carry The Word Church is a Non-denominational church at 1124 Thomas St. in South Bend, IN 46601. It is one of 220 churches in South Bend, and one of 2 Non-denominational congregations in the city.
Our purpose at Carry the Word to love the Lord with all our heart and to love people as we love ourselves.
Carry the Word Church was founded by Pastors Melvin and Mary Billingsley in April of 1994 in Fort Wayne, IN.
1124 Thomas St., South Bend, IN, 46601Website: https://carrythewordchurch.weebly.com/
Carry The Word Church is part of the Non-denominational and independent family of churches in The American Church Story. 192 congregations of the Non-denominational and independent family gather across Indiana — 6,139 across the United States on The Church Map.
Non-denominational congregations widened the front door of the American church, taking seriously the person who walks in knowing nothing and belonging to no tradition. Their readiness to work with anyone who preaches Christ has quietly done more for cooperation between traditions than most formal agreements ever did.
Ministries at Carry The Word Church
- Community Kids Day
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The community around Carry The Word Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 2,100 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: 70.7% (52.5–88.9%)
- Obesity: 48.2%
- Food Insecurity: 42.7%
- Poverty Rate: 40.9% (29.4–52.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.5%
- Diabetes: 21.6%
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
- Depression: 27.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
South Bend city is served by 107 churches — about one congregation for every 904 residents.
Churches near Carry The Word Church
- Pentecostal Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Gethsemane Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Miracle Temple Church of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Church Anglican South Bend — 0.3 mi away
- St Paul's Memorial Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Testament Missionary Baptist — 0.3 mi away
- Pilgrim Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- St Augustine Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Old Landmark Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Hedwig Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
More Non-denominational churches nearby
- Christ Chapel of South Bend — 2.5 mi away
- Faith For Life Church — 7.2 mi away in Niles, MI
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