Margaret Park United Presbyterian Church
Margaret Park United Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Akron, OH 44307. It is one of 431 churches in Akron, and one of 8 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Akron, OH, 44307Margaret Park United Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 534 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Ohio — 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 Margaret Park United Presbyterian Church
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 about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.
- Obesity: 48.0%
- Food Insecurity: 31.9%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
- Diabetes: 19.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
- Social Isolation: 38.8%
- Poverty Rate: 30.0% (18.5–41.5%)
- Depression: 27.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.2%
- Unemployment: 9.1% (2.6–15.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.
Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.
Churches near Margaret Park United Presbyterian Church
- Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Bread of Life Church — 0.1 mi away
- West Side Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Jubilee Temple Church — 0.2 mi away
- Apostolic Christian Church of South Akron — 0.3 mi away
- The Sanctuary — 0.4 mi away
- Church of God of Prophecy — 0.4 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.5 mi away
- Saint Ashworth Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Lighthouse Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Korean Presbyterian Church of Akron — 1.2 mi away
- Allenside Presbyterian Church — 2.1 mi away
- Firestone Park Presbyterian Church — 2.4 mi away
- Korean Church of Akron — 2.6 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 2.6 mi away