City of Joy
City of Joy is a Non-denominational church at 600 West Exchange Street in Akron, OH 44302. It is one of 431 churches in Akron, and one of 2 Non-denominational congregations in the city.
Rooted in the heart of Akron, our mission is to bring hope, healing, and joy to all who enter our doors.
City of Joy Life Enrichment Center, located in Akron, Ohio, was founded in 2009 by Pastor Mayceo Smith II.
Serving since 2009
600 West Exchange Street, Akron, OH, 44302Service times
- Tuesday 6:30pm · Bible Class
- Sunday 11am · Morning Worship
Phone: (330) 535-2265 · Website: https://www.cityofjoylec.org/
City of Joy is part of the Non-denominational and independent family of churches in The American Church Story. 257 congregations of the Non-denominational and independent family gather across Ohio — 6,139 across the United States on The Church Map.
Non-denominational congregations widened the front door of the American church, taking seriously the person who walks in knowing nothing and belonging to no tradition. Their readiness to work with anyone who preaches Christ has quietly done more for cooperation between traditions than most formal agreements ever did.
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Latest from City Of Joy Life Enrichment Center's YouTube channel: Tuesday Night Refuel- "From why to it is well" - 2 Kings 4:14-37 (all videos).
The community around City of Joy
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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 52.7%
- Food Insecurity: 41.4%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.4%
- Poverty Rate: 32.0% (19.5–44.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 30.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.4%
- Diabetes: 24.2%
- Social Isolation: 38.9%
- Depression: 27.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.2%
- Unemployment: 10.2% (3.6–17.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.
Churches near City of Joy
- Friendship Apostolic Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
- Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church — 0.1 mi away
- Stone's Deliverance Temple — 0.2 mi away
- Garden City Church — 0.2 mi away
- First United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Church in Akron — 0.3 mi away
- River of Life Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- House of Prayer for All People — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Our Savior — 0.4 mi away
More Non-denominational churches nearby
- Akron Chinese Christian Church - 爱城华人基督教会 - ACCC — 1.9 mi away
- Campus Focus — 1.9 mi away
- The Chapel — 1.9 mi away
- Emmanuel Fellowship Church — 2.7 mi away