South Arlington United Methodist Church
South Arlington United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Akron, OH 44306. It is one of 431 churches in Akron, and one of 23 Methodist congregations in the city.
Akron, OH, 44306South Arlington United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,576 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Ohio — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
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The community around South Arlington United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 51.0% (31.6–70.4%)
- Obesity: 47.9%
- Food Insecurity: 34.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.0%
- Poverty Rate: 30.4% (19.7–41.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 25.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.3%
- Diabetes: 19.6%
- Unemployment: 13.3% (5.8–20.7%)
- Social Isolation: 39.5%
- Depression: 27.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Akron city is served by 251 churches — about one congregation for every 762 residents.
Churches near South Arlington United Methodist Church
- Hill's Temple — 0 mi away
- First Born Church of the Living God — 0 mi away
- Hope Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Temple Church of the Living God — 0.2 mi away
- New Mission Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Beulah Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Arlington Baptist Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- House Of Love Christian Fellowship — 0.4 mi away
- Southeast Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Community Fellowship Chapel — 0.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Firestone Park United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away
- Family of Faith United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away
- Phillips Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.9 mi away
- Goodyear Heights United Methodist Church — 2.1 mi away
- First United Methodist Church of Akron — 2.3 mi away