First Metropolitan Community Church of Kansas

The community around First Metropolitan Community Church of Kansas

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 45.9%
• Food Insecurity: 31.7%
• Poverty Rate: 30.5% (19.7–41.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 24.7% (16.0–33.5%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.3%
• Diabetes: 16.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
• Depression: 24.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
• Unemployment: 7.1% (2.0–12.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Wichita city is served by 333 churches — about one congregation for every 1,152 residents.

Churches near First Metropolitan Community Church of Kansas

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• New Salem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
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• Area51 Student Ministries — 0.4 mi away
• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.5 mi away
• Community Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Anthony Roman Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
• Antioch Wichita — 0.6 mi away
• Antioch Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away