Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Akron, OH 44302. It is one of 431 churches in Akron, and one of 13 Catholic congregations in the city.
Akron, OH, 44302Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 926 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Ohio — 18,927 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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The community around Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 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: 52.2%
- Food Insecurity: 40.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.9%
- Poverty Rate: 31.5% (19.4–43.6%)
- Housing Insecurity: 29.4%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.7%
- Diabetes: 23.7%
- Social Isolation: 38.7%
- Depression: 27.7%
- Transportation Barriers: 20.7%
- Unemployment: 11.0% (3.9–18.7%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
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 Saint Joseph Melkite Greek Catholic Church
- Friendship Apostolic Church of Christ — 0 mi away
- City of Joy — 0.1 mi away
- River of Life Church — 0.3 mi away
- Garden City Church — 0.3 mi away
- Stone's Deliverance Temple — 0.3 mi away
- First United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Church in Akron — 0.3 mi away
- House of Prayer for All People — 0.4 mi away
- Church of Our Savior — 0.4 mi away
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
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- St. Bernard Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
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- Saint Sebastian Catholic Church — 1.7 mi away
- Saint Hedwigs Catholic Church — 1.7 mi away