Gay-Lea Christian Church

The community around Gay-Lea Christian 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 two thousand 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: 32.1%
• Diabetes: 18.8%
• Obesity: 42.7%
• Poverty Rate: 28.9% (12.0–45.9%)
• Depression: 26.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.0% (6.6–23.3%)
• Unemployment: 7.5% (2.2–12.9%)

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

Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) is served by 773 churches — about one congregation for every 875 residents.

Churches near Gay-Lea Christian Church

• New Covenant Christian Church — 0 mi away
• St Matthews Missionary Baptist — 0.2 mi away in Nashville, TN
• Saint Johns African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Matthew Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• James Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Ransom Temple Cumberland Presbyterian West — 0.3 mi away
• Ephesian Primitive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Victory Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Fourteenth Avenue Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Nashville, TN