Memorial West United Church
Memorial West United Church is a church at 286 S 7th St, Newark, NJ, 07103 in Newark, NJ 07103. It is one of 434 churches in Newark.
Following the example of Jesus Christ we work to address the total needs of the total person -- spiritual, educational, economic, cultural and political.
286 S 7th St, Newark, NJ, 07103, Newark, NJ, 07103Website: https://www.memorialwestunited.com/
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The community around Memorial West United 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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: 41.0%
- Social Isolation: 40.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 33.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.7%
- Unemployment: 13.8% (5.2–22.4%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.0%
- Poverty Rate: 28.7% (15.9–41.5%)
- Transportation Barriers: 20.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.3%
- Diabetes: 15.8%
- Obesity: 38.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.0% (5.2–18.8%)
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 Memorial West United Church
- Greater Providence Missionary — 0.1 mi away
- Gates of Heaven Midday Prayer Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Antoninus Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Matthew's Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Divine Adoration Prayer Group — 0.1 mi away
- Refreshing Springs Community Tabernacle — 0.1 mi away
- Vineyard Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New United Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Peoples Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.2 mi away