Grupo Espírita Amor & Luz
Grupo Espírita Amor & Luz is a Spiritist church at 2 Avenue C in Newark, NJ 07114. It is one of 434 churches in Newark.
2 Avenue C, Newark, NJ, 07114Website: http://www.amoreluznj.com/
Grupo Espírita Amor & Luz is part of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family of churches in The American Church Story. 16 congregations of the Metaphysical, New Thought and Swedenborgian family gather across New Jersey — 992 across the United States on The Church Map.
Christian Science, Unity, Religious Science, Swedenborgian and Spiritualist congregations use Christian Scripture and Christian language, and read both through convictions about mind, healing, and an indwelling divine that historic Christian teaching does not share. Reference sources genuinely disagree on whether to file them as Christian at all; this map lists them and leaves the question open.
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The community around Grupo Espírita Amor & Luz
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 people here live without health insurance, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 39.4%
- Food Insecurity: 31.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.2%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 24.6%
- Unemployment: 12.1% (6.5–17.7%)
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
- Child Poverty: 22.1% (4.2–40.0%)
- Poverty Rate: 16.8% (9.6–24.0%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.6%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.
Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.
Churches near Grupo Espírita Amor & Luz
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- Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- MCCMinistriesNewark — 0.4 mi away
- Missionary Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Spiritist Center Divine Light — 0.5 mi away
- Firmados na Rocha Viva — 0.5 mi away
- Shamah Church — 0.5 mi away
- Life House Church — 0.5 mi away