Wayside Temple Church of God

The community around Wayside Temple Church of God

It takes 3.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 47.3%
• Poverty Rate: 30.9% (21.3–40.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 30.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.4%
• Diabetes: 18.8%
• Social Isolation: 37.3%
• Child Poverty: 36.9% (20.7–53.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.5%
• Depression: 26.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.9%
• Unemployment: 6.7% (0.2–13.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Wayside Temple Church of God

• Many Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
• Bethel Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Many Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Methodist Church of Many — 0.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away
• New Jerusalem Baptist Churc — 0.6 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.8 mi away
• Alford Heights Church — 0.9 mi away