City of Light
City of Light is a Presbyterian church at 300 Lake St in Elmira, NY 14901-2805. It is one of 79 churches in Elmira, and one of 2 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
We are passionate about seeing the City of Elmira strengthened and supplemented through our sovereign and mighty God!
We are a Multi-Cultural and Multi-Generational Church who freely gives worship and praise to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
300 Lake St, Elmira, NY, 14901-2805Phone: +16077326580 · Website: https://www.cityoflightelmira.com/
Shares a ministry location with Lake Street Presbyterian Church.
City of Light is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 659 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across New York — 11,342 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around City of Light
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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 62.7% (43.9–81.5%)
- Poverty Rate: 47.8% (33.2–62.3%)
- Food Insecurity: 35.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.5%
- Social Isolation: 36.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
- Diabetes: 17.7%
- Obesity: 38.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
- Depression: 23.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near City of Light
- Lake Street Presbyterian Church — 0 mi away
- Church of Saint John the Baptist — 0.1 mi away
- Open Door Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Minnie L Floyd Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
- First United Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Saint Peter and Saint Paul's Church — 0.3 mi away
- Monumental Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Ogden Memorial Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- North Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church of Elmira — 1.8 mi away
- First Presbytarian Church — 1.8 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 6.3 mi away in Horseheads, NY
- First Presbyterian Church — 7.4 mi away in Big Flats, NY