Elizabeth Avenue Weequahic United Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth Avenue Weequahic United Presbyterian Church is a church in Newark, NJ 07112. It is one of 434 churches in Newark.
Newark, NJ, 07112Website: http://businessfinder.nj.com/4980345
Elizabeth Avenue Weequahic United 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 Elizabeth Avenue Weequahic United Presbyterian Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults are worried about keeping the housing they have. 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: 30.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.2%
- Unemployment: 13.8% (7.5–20.2%)
- Social Isolation: 39.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.4% (7.4–23.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
- Diabetes: 14.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.
Churches near Elizabeth Avenue Weequahic United Presbyterian Church
- Good Neighbor Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Galilee Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Gospel Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- St. John's Community Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Canaan Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Franklin-Saint John's United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Logos Love Christian Center — 0.5 mi away in Hillside, NJ
- Union Foursquare Gospel Church — 0.5 mi away in Hillside, NJ
- First Timothy Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Hillside Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away in Hillside, NJ
- Clinton Avenue Presbyterian — 1.4 mi away
- Deeper Life Bible Church — 1.4 mi away in Irvington, NJ
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 1.5 mi away in Elizabeth, NJ
- Central Presbyterian — 1.6 mi away