Saint John's Lutheran Church

The community around Saint John's Lutheran 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 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,400 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: 65.9% (47.6–84.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 44.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.6%
• Poverty Rate: 38.8% (24.1–53.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 36.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.7%
• Obesity: 41.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.7%
• Diabetes: 16.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (5.7–17.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Newark city is served by 139 churches — about one congregation for every 2,211 residents.

Churches near Saint John's Lutheran Church

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• New Born Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Agape Christian Center Of NJ USA — 0.2 mi away in Princeton, NJ
• Clear-Way Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Psalmist Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Olivet Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• St.Mark Unified Freewill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Mount Sinai Church of God in Unity Pentecostal — 0.2 mi away
• Deliverance Temple — 0.3 mi away