Word of Light Christian Center

The community around Word of Light Christian Center

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 42.7%
• Social Isolation: 36.8%
• Depression: 29.2%
• Poverty Rate: 22.8% (16.0–29.6%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.3%
• Unemployment: 8.0% (0.2–16.3%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
• Child Poverty: 26.8% (13.6–39.9%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
• Diabetes: 13.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

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

Churches near Word of Light Christian Center

• First Baptist Church Haughton — 0.2 mi away
• Humphrey Chapel — 0.2 mi away
• Galilee Church — 0.6 mi away
• Evergreen Presbyterian — 1 mi away
• United Church — 1 mi away
• Rocky Mt Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Oxygen Student Ministries — 1.5 mi away
• Rockey Mount Church — 1.5 mi away
• The Pentecostals of Haughton — 1.5 mi away
• New Hope Church — 2 mi away