House of Refuge Pentecostal Church

The community around House of Refuge Pentecostal 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. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Child Poverty: 75.5%
• Obesity: 51.1%
• Food Insecurity: 47.9%
• Poverty Rate: 47.6% (32.8–62.5%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 37.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 32.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 26.6%
• Diabetes: 21.6%
• Social Isolation: 38.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.3%
• Unemployment: 12.0% (5.1–19.6%)
• Depression: 25.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.8% (7.1–20.6%)

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

Kansas City city is served by 493 churches — about one congregation for every 1,000 residents.

Churches near House of Refuge Pentecostal Church

• Freedom Fire Church — 0.2 mi away
• True Love Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Mark's Union Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bethaney Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bethany Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Stephen Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Barker Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Monica Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Boone Tabernacle Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away

More Pentecostal churches nearby

• Barker Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Boone Tabernacle Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Greater Holy Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
• Friendly Assembly of God Church — 0.9 mi away
• Morningstar Pentecostal Church — 1.1 mi away