Our Mother of Mercy Church
Our Mother of Mercy Church is a church at 4000 Sumpter St., Houston, TX, 77020 in Houston, TX 77020. It is one of 3,174 churches in Houston.
We are located in the heart of the Greater Fifth Ward, minutes from downtown, serving people all over greater Houston. Our Mother of Mercy (OMOM) has been a beacon of light and Evangelization for over 95 years, offering faith, fellowship, and compassionate service to generations of families in our faith community.
4000 Sumpter St., Houston, TX, 77020, Houston, TX, 77020Website: http://www.ourmotherofmercy.net/
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The community around Our Mother of Mercy 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. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 85.0%
- Obesity: 51.0%
- Poverty Rate: 45.3% (32.7–58.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 33.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.9% (15.4–32.5%)
- Diabetes: 22.8%
- Unemployment: 15.4% (6.2–24.5%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Our Mother of Mercy Church
- Fifth Ward Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Powerlight Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Holy Light Cogic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Iglesia Amor Y Restauracion — 0.2 mi away
- Miracle Revival Fellowship of Deliverance Church — 0.3 mi away
- Latter Day Deliverance Revival — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Ararat Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Iglesia Verbo en Accion — 0.3 mi away
- Liberty Road Church of God — 0.3 mi away
- Miles Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away