Wells Cathedral Church
Wells Cathedral Church is a Church Of God In Christ church at 672 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Newark, NJ 07102-1120. It is one of 434 churches in Newark, and one of 6 Church Of God In Christ congregations in the city.
Wells Cathedral COGIC is open to worshippers of all ages and backgrounds. We lead our congregation in worship, deepening the connection to God, understanding the teachings of Christ, and ultimately to a vibrant faith.
672 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Newark, NJ, 07102-1120Service times
- Sunday 11:30am · Morning Worship
Phone: (973) 399-5092 · Website: https://www.wellscathedralcogic.com/
Wells Cathedral Church is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 325 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across New Jersey — 16,682 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around Wells Cathedral 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. About 3 in 4 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 2,300 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.
- Child Poverty: 76.1%
- Food Insecurity: 44.0%
- Poverty Rate: 37.1% (26.4–47.8%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 34.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.1%
- Diabetes: 19.6%
- Obesity: 40.1%
- Social Isolation: 38.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
- Unemployment: 8.4% (2.8–14.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Wells Cathedral Church
- New Salem Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Word Power Foundation Ministry — 0.2 mi away
- Union Gospel Tabernacle — 0.2 mi away
- St James A.M.E. Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Roca de Salvacion — 0.2 mi away
- La vid verdadera / The True Vine at The New Ark Cathedral — 0.2 mi away
- Israel Memorial AME church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Pleasant Church — 0.3 mi away
- Abyssinian Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- La Hermosa Church — 0.4 mi away
- Smith Memorial Church Of God In Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Assembleia de Deus Missions Ministry — 0.8 mi away
- Revival Temple Holiness Church — 0.9 mi away
- Beth El Pentecostal House — 1 mi away