St. John's United Church of Christ
St. John's United Church of Christ is a United Church Of Christ church at 85 Amherst St in Buffalo, NY 14207-2747. It is one of 379 churches in Buffalo, and one of 5 United Church Of Christ congregations in the city.
Serving since 1957 · Services in Spanish
85 Amherst St, Buffalo, NY, 14207-2747Phone: +17168731642 · Website: http://www.ucc.org
Shares a ministry location with Saint Johns Church.
St. John's United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 107 congregations of the Congregational family gather across New York — 2,948 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.
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Upcoming events at St. John's United Church of Christ
- Thu, Aug 6 · 3:30 PM: Fostering Vitality: Liturgical Resources for a Faithful & Vital Church — Zoom
- Tue, Aug 11 · 4 PM: Be Prophetic, Not Partisan: Election Engagement 101 for Congregations — Zoom
- Wed, Aug 12 · 1 PM: Can Advocacy with Congress Still Accomplish Anything? — Zoom
- Thu, Aug 13 · 3:30 PM: Economic Justice: Love Our Laborers as Yourself — Zoom
- Wed, Aug 19 · 3 PM: Money, Ministry, and Meaning: Financial Wellness as an Act of Pastoral Self-care — Zoom
From St. John's United Church of Christ's public calendar (http://www.ucc.org). Times are the church's local time.
The community around St. John's United Church of Christ
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. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third 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: 57.3% (39.0–75.7%)
- Poverty Rate: 40.3% (29.7–50.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 35.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 26.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
- Unemployment: 12.5% (4.7–20.4%)
- Obesity: 40.6%
- Social Isolation: 35.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 17.7%
- Diabetes: 15.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near St. John's United Church of Christ
- Antioch Holiness Church — 0 mi away
- Saint Johns Church — 0 mi away
- Northgate Church — 0.5 mi away
- Rehoboth Ministries Worship — 0.5 mi away
- Charity Baptist Church of Buffalo — 0.6 mi away
- Coronation of the Blessed Virgin Mary — 0.6 mi away
- Church of Living God — 0.6 mi away
- Buffalo Temple of God in Christ Church of the Nazarene — 0.6 mi away
- Assumption of the Blessed — 0.7 mi away
- Evangelical Church Christ For Nations — 0.7 mi away
More Congregational churches nearby
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- Kenmore United Church of Christ — 3 mi away in Tonawanda, NY
- Church of the Nativity United Church of Christ — 3.9 mi away
- Kenilworth United Church of Christ — 4.4 mi away in Tonawanda, NY
- Salem United Church of Christ — 5.8 mi away in Tonawanda, NY