R.I.S.E Church

R.I.S.E Church is a United_methodist church at 400 North Walnut Street in East Orange, NJ 07018. It is one of 78 churches in East Orange.

Our mission is to Renew and Inspire Souls Everywhere.

We are an International United Methodist community in the heart of East Orange, NJ.

Part of Greater New Jersey Annual Conference

400 North Walnut Street, East Orange, NJ, 07018

Phone: +1-973-673-1745 · Website: http://risechurchnj.org/welcome

Shares a ministry location with Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church and Guiding Star United Holy Church.

R.I.S.E Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around R.I.S.E 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. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,100 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: 43.0% (26.5–59.6%)
  • Social Isolation: 40.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 33.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.0% (14.6–35.5%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.3%
  • Unemployment: 10.1% (5.0–15.2%)
  • Obesity: 37.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.6%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
  • Diabetes: 13.3%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (7.1–19.0%)

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

East Orange city is served by 34 churches — about one congregation for every 2,025 residents.

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