Central Church of Christ
Central Church of Christ is a church in Portsmouth, OH 45662. It is one of 81 churches in Portsmouth.
Portsmouth, OH, 45662Website: http://central-church.life/
Central Church of Christ is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 604 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Ohio — 9,607 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.
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The community around Central Church of Christ
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 76.0%
- Obesity: 51.2%
- Poverty Rate: 45.8% (33.4–58.2%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.2%
- Depression: 33.8%
- Food Insecurity: 33.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.9%
- Diabetes: 18.8%
- Unemployment: 12.3% (3.0–21.7%)
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8% (10.5–17.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Portsmouth city is served by 43 churches — about one congregation for every 413 residents.
Churches near Central Church of Christ
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grant and Summit Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- First Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Covenant Reformed Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Apostolic Tower of Faith Church — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Chapel — 0.3 mi away
- Central Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Franklin Avenue United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- 7th Street Christian Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
More Restorationist churches nearby
- Grant and Summit Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Church of Christ — 4.7 mi away
- Globe Church Of Christ — 6.5 mi away in Greenup, KY
- Wheelersburg Church of Christ — 6.8 mi away in Wheelersburg, OH