Robert Temple Ministry Church of God in Christ

The community around Robert Temple Ministry Church of God in Christ

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half 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 the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 47.3%
• Child Poverty: 43.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.4%
• Poverty Rate: 33.7% (21.9–45.5%)
• Diabetes: 23.9%
• Unemployment: 12.8% (4.5–21.2%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.4% (8.9–25.9%)
• Depression: 25.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%

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

Memphis city is served by 1,033 churches — about one congregation for every 596 residents.

Churches near Robert Temple Ministry Church of God in Christ

• Keel Avenue Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• New Allen Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
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• Christ Gospel Church — 0.2 mi away
• Smothers Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Bellevue Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Amazing Grace Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Payne Chapel Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Emmanuel Home Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Community Bible Church — 0.3 mi away