The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is a Salvation Army church in Carthage, MO 64836. It is one of 60 churches in Carthage.
Serving since 1865 · Services in Chinese
Carthage, MO, 64836The Salvation Army is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 96 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Missouri — 4,365 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.
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The community around The Salvation Army
Within about a mile of 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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Child Poverty: 43.7% (29.6–57.8%)
- Poverty Rate: 30.5% (15.8–45.2%)
- Obesity: 41.7%
- Social Isolation: 32.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
- Food Insecurity: 21.4%
- Diabetes: 15.7%
- Depression: 25.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.3% (10.0–18.6%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Carthage city is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 1,334 residents.
Churches near The Salvation Army
- Carthage Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- Tinh Dong Dong Cong Usa — 0.1 mi away
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Life Worship Center — 0.4 mi away
- Forest Park Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Fairview Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Forest Park Church Carthage — 0.7 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Carthage — 0.8 mi away
- Evangel Assembly of God — 1 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Carthage Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
- Webb City Church of the Nazarene — 8.9 mi away in Webb City, MO
- Calvary Church of the Nazarene — 12.2 mi away in Joplin, MO
- Hope Community Church of the Nazarene — 15.7 mi away in Joplin, MO
- Park Hill Nazarene — 19.5 mi away in Galena, KS