Desert Springs Lutheran Church

The community around Desert Springs Lutheran Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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: 51.0% (31.5–70.4%)
• Poverty Rate: 45.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
• Food Insecurity: 27.8%
• Diabetes: 20.6%
• Obesity: 40.9%
• Social Isolation: 32.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.7%
• Depression: 24.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.8%

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

Truth or Consequences city is served by 19 churches — about one congregation for every 359 residents.

Churches near Desert Springs Lutheran Church

• Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Fellowship Alliance Church — 0.2 mi away
• Family Life Center — 0.5 mi away
• New Hope Revival Church — 0.5 mi away
• Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.8 mi away
• First Christian Church — 0.9 mi away
• Saint Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church — 1 mi away
• Hope Springs Community Church — 1.1 mi away
• Church of the Nazarene — 1.1 mi away