Blessed Hope

The community around Blessed Hope

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 adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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.

• Social Isolation: 36.4%
• Child Poverty: 32.0% (17.1–47.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.9%
• Obesity: 38.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
• Poverty Rate: 20.2% (12.6–27.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (2.8–11.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Phillipsburg town is served by 16 churches — about one congregation for every 950 residents.

Churches near Blessed Hope

• Grace Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Iglesia Cristiana Alfa Y Omega — 0.2 mi away
• St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Philips & Saint James Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
• River of Life Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• Legit Simple Home Church — 0.6 mi away in Easton, PA
• Cornerstone Church — 0.6 mi away in Easton, PA
• Iglesia Bautista Hispana — 0.6 mi away in Easton, PA
• Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away