New Direction Sanctuary

Ministries at New Direction Sanctuary

• Tutoring
• Prayer Team
• Hospitality Team
• Children’s Ministry
• Worship & Tech Team

The community around New Direction Sanctuary

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 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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: 68.6% (50.6–88.2%)
• Obesity: 45.7%
• Food Insecurity: 34.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.1%
• Diabetes: 21.1%
• Social Isolation: 39.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
• Poverty Rate: 26.5% (15.1–37.9%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.6% (7.8–27.4%)
• Unemployment: 8.7% (2.0–15.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Direction Sanctuary

• New Rock Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
• End Time Christian Assembly Church — 0.1 mi away
• Temple Of Destiny Church — 0.1 mi away
• West Side Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
• Pleasant Green Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
• Visitation St Ann's Shrine — 0.3 mi away
• Apostles Church — 0.3 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
• Faith Community Bible Church (north City) — 0.3 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
• New Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
• Lovejoy Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away in Saint Louis, MO