Newman Center
Newman Center is a church at 2129 North Broad Street in Philadelphia, PA 19122. It is one of 1,763 churches in Philadelphia.
St. Agatha-St. James Parish & Newman Center is a Catholic community that works with the University City community, helping them to encounter Christ, grow in the Christian life, and be sent forth to serve as missionary disciples from one heart to another.
2129 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19122Website: https://templenewmancenter.org/
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The community around Newman Center
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. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. That is 2,500 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.
- Poverty Rate: 43.9% (31.7–56.1%)
- Unemployment: 14.1% (5.6–22.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.7%
- Depression: 28.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Philadelphia city is served by 1,051 churches — about one congregation for every 1,515 residents.
Churches near Newman Center
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- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- New Psalmist Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Circle of Hope — 0.2 mi away
- Bethesda Miracle Worship Center — 0.2 mi away
- The Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ — 0.3 mi away