Providence M.B. Church

The community around Providence M.B. Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 51.1% (32.1–70.1%)
• Obesity: 47.5%
• Food Insecurity: 47.4%
• Social Isolation: 41.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 34.5%
• Poverty Rate: 34.1% (23.0–45.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 24.4%
• Diabetes: 23.1%
• Unemployment: 15.1% (6.4–23.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.9% (8.7–21.1%)

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

Churches near Providence M.B. Church

• Eastgate Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Morning Star Church — 0.9 mi away
• Immanuel Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• First Apostolic Pentecostal Church — 0.9 mi away
• Monument of Grace Church, Inc — 0.9 mi away
• Pleasant Plain Church — 1 mi away
• Church of God — 1 mi away
• New Green Grove Church of Faith — 1 mi away
• Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church — 1 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 1.1 mi away