New Life Empowerment Center

The community around New Life Empowerment Center

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 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 2,100 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: 67.3% (49.4–85.2%)
• Obesity: 51.4%
• Food Insecurity: 51.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.8%
• Social Isolation: 41.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 40.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 36.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 28.7%
• Diabetes: 27.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
• Poverty Rate: 25.6% (14.0–37.2%)
• Unemployment: 11.2% (2.2–20.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (6.6–21.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Life Empowerment Center

• New Good Hope Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Pine Lawn, MO
• Bethesda Lutheran Church — 0.4 mi away in Pine Lawn, MO
• Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Jennings, MO
• Ecclesia of Christ Church — 0.5 mi away in Jennings, MO
• Greater Fellowship Church — 0.5 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
• Miracle Temple Church of God and Christ — 0.5 mi away in Pine Lawn, MO
• Pine Lawn Glen Echo Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Pine Lawn, MO
• Saint Adalbert Church — 0.6 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
• Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away in Saint Louis, MO
• Jennings Church — 0.6 mi away in Jennings, MO