Overbrook Avenue Gospel Hall

The community around Overbrook Avenue Gospel Hall

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,400 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.

• Unemployment: 12.9% (4.0–21.8%)
• Poverty Rate: 23.0% (11.6–34.4%)
• Depression: 23.1%

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 Overbrook Avenue Gospel Hall

• Chapel of St. Joseph — 0.3 mi away
• Oasis of Praise Ministries Church — 0.4 mi away
• Celestial Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Jesus Holy Temple — 0.4 mi away
• The Word Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Haitian Church of God — 0.4 mi away
• Our Lady of Lourdes Church — 0.4 mi away
• West-Side Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Pinn Memorial Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Wynnefield United Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away