Universal Temple Family Church

The community around Universal Temple Family Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, 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 say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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.

• Social Isolation: 42.6%
• Food Insecurity: 41.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 32.9%
• Poverty Rate: 32.1% (21.9–42.3%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.7%
• Obesity: 43.9%
• Child Poverty: 33.1% (16.7–49.5%)
• Transportation Barriers: 21.4%
• Diabetes: 17.4%
• Unemployment: 10.7% (4.6–16.9%)
• Depression: 25.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1%

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

Springfield city is served by 95 churches — about one congregation for every 1,634 residents.

Churches near Universal Temple Family Church

• Iglesia El Evangelio de Cristo Ministerio Dios es Bueno — 0 mi away
• True Vine Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Peters Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Christian Hill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Christian Embassy Church — 0.2 mi away
• Holy Temple Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Gardner Memorial AME Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
• Shiloh Freewill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bethesda Church of God — 0.3 mi away