Refuge Temple Church

The community around Refuge Temple Church

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. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,300 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Unemployment: 13.2% (6.9–19.5%)
• Obesity: 43.3%
• Poverty Rate: 23.8% (12.9–34.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Pittsburgh city is served by 278 churches — about one congregation for every 1,092 residents.

Churches near Refuge Temple Church

• First Galilee Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• New Life African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Abundant Faith in Christ Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
• Bethesda Community Church — 0.2 mi away
• Abyssinian Capernaum Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Homewood AME Zion Church — 0.2 mi away
• Holy Cross Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Bible Center Church of God In Christ — 0.2 mi away
• First Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Bethesda Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away