First Refuge United Baptist Church

The community around First Refuge United Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,300 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.

• Food Insecurity: 49.4%
• Social Isolation: 41.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 37.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 24.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.7%
• Diabetes: 21.8%
• Unemployment: 21.4% (11.9–30.9%)
• Obesity: 44.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.7%
• Child Poverty: 30.6% (12.1–49.2%)
• Poverty Rate: 24.3% (13.2–35.4%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (5.6–17.7%)

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

Camden city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 516 residents.

Churches near First Refuge United Baptist Church

• Rev Calvin Woods Rev — 0.1 mi away
• St. Paul Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Parkside United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Victory Outreach Camden Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Hope AME — 0.2 mi away
• Little Rock Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Iglesia Christiana Pentecostal de Camden — 0.3 mi away
• Convent of the Domincan Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary — 0.3 mi away
• Church of God and Saints of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Community Church of Faith — 0.4 mi away