UKirk UTK
UKirk UTK is a Presbyterian Church (usa) church at 1831 Melrose Ave SW in Knoxville, TN 37916-3411. It is one of 684 churches in Knoxville, and one of 2 Presbyterian Church (usa) congregations in the city.
UKirk is intentional in its worship and life together, incarnational in its witness to college students, collaborative in its ministry, and grounded in the Reformed tradition to live as the Beloved Community at UT Knoxville.
UKirk is creating an inclusive and affirming community on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where justice is central, faith is alive, and questions are encouraged—so that students know they are beloved by God.
1831 Melrose Ave SW, Knoxville, TN, 37916-3411Service times
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9am · through
Phone: (865) 394-9242 · Website: https://www.ukirkutk.org/
UKirk UTK is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 535 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Tennessee — 11,638 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around UKirk UTK
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 6 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults here carry depression. That is 2,200 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: 78.1%
- Depression: 41.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0% (11.0–20.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near UKirk UTK
- Baptist Collegiate Ministry — 0.1 mi away
- St. John XXIII Catholic Center — 0.1 mi away
- Advent House — 0.1 mi away
- Wesley Foundation at UTK — 0.1 mi away
- Christian Student Fellowship — 0.2 mi away
- Tyson House — 0.2 mi away
- Institute of Religion - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.4 mi away
- Volunteers for Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Redeemer Church of Knoxville — 0.5 mi away
- Christ Chapel — 0.5 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Redeemer Church of Knoxville — 0.5 mi away
- Second Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 1.2 mi away
- Graystone Presbyterian Church — 1.4 mi away
- Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church — 2.2 mi away
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