Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church

The community around Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,200 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.

• Obesity: 40.5%
• Social Isolation: 32.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.5%
• Food Insecurity: 23.2%
• Diabetes: 15.1%
• Unemployment: 10.6% (5.7–15.5%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
• Poverty Rate: 17.9% (8.7–27.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.1% (5.4–16.7%)

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

Whiting city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 571 residents.

Churches near Saint Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church

• Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away in Hammond, IN
• New Life Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Saint John Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
• Whiting Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away in Hammond, IN
• Hungarian Reformed Church — 0.2 mi away
• Sacred Heart Church — 0.2 mi away
• Whiting United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Whiting — 0.3 mi away in Hammond, IN
• Plymouth Congregational Church — 0.3 mi away in Hammond, IN