Empowerment Christian Center Church

The community around Empowerment Christian Center Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 48.3%
• Food Insecurity: 35.1%
• Poverty Rate: 31.7% (19.1–44.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 27.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.8%
• Child Poverty: 33.0% (15.7–50.3%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.7%
• Diabetes: 17.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.7% (6.5–22.9%)
• Unemployment: 7.4% (2.3–12.4%)

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

Churches near Empowerment Christian Center Church

• Mount Calvary United Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Church of the Abiding Savior Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
• West Durham Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Monroe Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
• Miracle Temple Holiness Church — 0.7 mi away
• Russell Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.7 mi away
• Jesus' Word Church — 0.7 mi away
• Prosperity Outreach Church — 0.7 mi away
• Great Faith Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Immanuel Temple Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.8 mi away