First Menonite Church

The community around First Menonite 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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: 56.0% (39.3–72.9%)
• Obesity: 53.4%
• Social Isolation: 40.3%
• Food Insecurity: 36.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
• Poverty Rate: 33.8% (23.1–44.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 26.4%
• Diabetes: 23.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.2%
• Unemployment: 13.1% (6.0–20.3%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
• Depression: 24.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (7.1–19.1%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Canton city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 977 residents.

Churches near First Menonite Church

• Bethel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Wells of Joy Church of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Benedicts Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Restoration Church & Worship Center — 0.4 mi away
• Gospel Temple Christian Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
• Apostolic Faith Assembly Canton — 0.5 mi away
• Gethsemane Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Church of God — 0.5 mi away
• St Mark's Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away