Garden of Prayer Church of God in Christ
Garden of Prayer Church of God in Christ is a church in Akron, OH 44307. It is one of 431 churches in Akron.
Akron, OH, 44307Garden of Prayer Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 723 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Ohio — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around Garden of Prayer Church of God in 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. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 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: 68.8% (50.6–87.0%)
- Obesity: 50.6%
- Food Insecurity: 37.1%
- Poverty Rate: 34.4% (19.9–49.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 27.9%
- Diabetes: 23.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 18.7%
- Unemployment: 10.5% (3.4–18.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
- Depression: 25.5%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 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 Garden of Prayer Church of God in Christ
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Evening Light Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Is The Answer Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Antioch Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- iAAMOG Ministries — 0.4 mi away
- Greater Peace Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.5 mi away
- Peoples Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Jubilee Temple Church — 0.5 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Holy Trinity Church of God in Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Ashworth Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Pentecostal Fellowship Church — 0.9 mi away
- New Life Pentecostals of Akron — 1.1 mi away
- Thompson Memorial Church of God in Christ — 1.7 mi away