Friendship Church

The community around Friendship Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of adults live with obesity, and more than half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 56.2%
• Food Insecurity: 55.2%
• Child Poverty: 50.7% (32.8–68.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 45.1%
• Social Isolation: 43.2%
• Poverty Rate: 39.9% (28.3–51.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 39.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 39.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.7%
• Diabetes: 28.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 28.0%
• Unemployment: 10.0% (1.6–18.6%)
• Depression: 25.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%

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

Churches near Friendship Church

• Saint Mary Church — 0.9 mi away
• St John Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Central Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Pursuit — 1.9 mi away
• Progressive Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• New Hope Church — 2.1 mi away
• Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Evergreen Church — 2.1 mi away