Saint Mathews Church

The community around Saint Mathews Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 52.4%
• Child Poverty: 50.9% (33.6–68.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 42.7%
• Social Isolation: 40.7%
• Poverty Rate: 38.3% (28.1–48.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.1%
• Diabetes: 23.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
• Unemployment: 11.5% (5.4–17.6%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5% (11.6–20.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Mathews Church

• Friendship Church — 1.7 mi away
• Bethlehem Church Number 1 — 2.1 mi away
• Mt Moriah MB Church — 2.5 mi away
• Greater New Jerusalem Church of God — 2.5 mi away
• Living Faith Fellowship — 2.5 mi away
• First United Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away
• Bell Grove Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away
• Bethlehem Church Number 2 — 2.7 mi away
• Mitchell Temple Church of God — 2.7 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away