Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Camden, NJ 08104. It is one of 173 churches in Camden, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Camden, NJ, 08104Website: http://www.woodlandcdc.org/the-church.php
Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 388 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across New Jersey — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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 nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.
- Food Insecurity: 50.4%
- Poverty Rate: 48.6% (29.5–67.7%)
- Social Isolation: 40.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 39.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 25.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.0%
- Diabetes: 19.6%
- Unemployment: 13.7% (4.0–23.5%)
- Obesity: 44.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.3%
- Child Poverty: 27.7% (11.2–44.2%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Camden city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 516 residents.
Churches near Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church
- Iglesia De Dios Pent. Exodo — 0.1 mi away
- Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church — 0.1 mi away
- St. Matthew Highway Church of the Apostolic Faith — 0.1 mi away
- Harris Temple A.M.E. Zion Church — 0.1 mi away
- Mount Olivet Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Cornerstone Bible Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Ferry Avenue United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- The Sanctuary Church of the Abiding Presence — 0.3 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- First Presbyterian Church of Gloucester City — 1.3 mi away in Gloucester City, NJ
- Epiphany Fellowship of Camden — 2.5 mi away
- Logan Memorial Presbyterian Church — 2.6 mi away in Audubon, NJ
- Old Pine Street Church — 2.8 mi away in Philadelphia, PA
- Immanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church — 2.8 mi away in Bellmawr, NJ