Praise Center Ministries

The community around Praise Center Ministries

Within a few blocks of these doors, about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Diabetes: 19.9%
• Obesity: 44.0%
• Child Poverty: 37.3% (21.1–55.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
• Poverty Rate: 29.0% (18.6–39.3%)
• Unemployment: 11.3% (4.5–18.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Wilkinsburg borough is served by 23 churches — about one congregation for every 623 residents.

Churches near Praise Center Ministries

• Covenant Church of Pittsburgh — 0.4 mi away
• Covenant Orthodox Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
• Eternal City Church — 0.6 mi away in Pittsburgh, PA
• Covenant Fellowship Reformed Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
• Victory Temple Original Church of God — 0.7 mi away in Penn Hills, PA
• Petra International Ministries — 0.7 mi away in Penn Hills, PA
• Living Way Christian Fellowship — 0.7 mi away in Pittsburgh, PA
• Advent Church — 0.8 mi away in Penn Hills, PA
• Faith Restoration Ministries — 0.8 mi away in Pittsburgh, PA
• Ross Avenue United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away