Furnace Street Mission Ministries

The community around Furnace Street Mission Ministries

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 adults live with obesity, and more than a third 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.

• Obesity: 45.3%
• Poverty Rate: 37.4% (25.6–49.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 34.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.4%
• Social Isolation: 40.0%
• Child Poverty: 33.3% (14.5–52.6%)
• Depression: 28.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.8%
• Diabetes: 16.7%
• Unemployment: 11.5% (3.7–19.3%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.

Churches near Furnace Street Mission Ministries

• Wesley Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.1 mi away
• Holy Trinity Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
• Elizabeth Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Congregational Church — 0.5 mi away
• East Market Street United Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• First United Methodist Church of Akron — 0.5 mi away
• High Street Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
• The Remedy Church — 0.5 mi away
• Burning Bush Christian Church — 0.6 mi away
• Saint Hedwigs Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away