The Church of God in the Word
The Church of God in the Word is a Church Of God church at 4817 Chester Ave in Philadelphia, PA 19143-3423. It is one of 1,755 churches in Philadelphia, and one of 13 Church Of God congregations in the city.
4817 Chester Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19143-3423Phone: (484) 326-1023 · Website: https://thechurchofgodintheword.org/
The Church of God in the Word is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 597 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Pennsylvania — 16,683 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around The Church of God in the Word
Within a few blocks of these doors, nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 23.5% (12.5–34.4%)
- Depression: 24.8%
- Unemployment: 6.8% (2.6–10.9%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near The Church of God in the Word
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- Crusaders For Christ Church — 0.2 mi away
- ECC Elmwood Community Church — 0.3 mi away
- Elwood Community Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Victory Outreach Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Daniel's Temple Chirstian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Faith Chapel Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Paradise Emmanuel Tabernacle Church — 0.3 mi away
- God's Rescue Mission — 0.3 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Chosen Generation Church of God — 0.5 mi away
- Poyser Way New Testament Church of God — 0.6 mi away
- Healing Waters Church — 0.7 mi away
- Faith Temple Pentecostal Church — 0.7 mi away
- Lord Our Righteousness Apostolic — 1 mi away
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