Laymen Chapel C.M.E. Church

The community around Laymen Chapel C.M.E. 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. 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 2,200 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: 46.0%
• Food Insecurity: 38.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.6%
• Unemployment: 21.3% (5.4–37.1%)
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Social Isolation: 39.2%
• Child Poverty: 34.6% (17.9–51.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
• Poverty Rate: 27.8% (16.9–38.8%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.6% (9.7–27.6%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.4%
• Depression: 25.5%

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

South Bend city is served by 107 churches — about one congregation for every 904 residents.

Churches near Laymen Chapel C.M.E. Church

• Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Lake Chapel — 0.2 mi away
• Spiritual Israel Church — 0.2 mi away
• St. Paul Gospel Mission — 0.2 mi away
• New Salem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Saints Memorial Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ - South Bend, Indiana — 0.5 mi away
• South Bend Hispanic Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.6 mi away
• New Bethel Tabernacle — 0.6 mi away
• Iglesia Apostolica Roca Eterna — 0.6 mi away