Wayside Christian Transformation Ministries

The community around Wayside Christian Transformation Ministries

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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Obesity: 48.0%
• Social Isolation: 40.2%
• Food Insecurity: 31.0%
• Poverty Rate: 30.7% (18.2–43.2%)
• Diabetes: 18.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
• Depression: 23.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (6.5–20.7%)

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

Lynchburg city is served by 135 churches — about one congregation for every 586 residents.

Churches near Wayside Christian Transformation Ministries

• Church of the Nazarene — 0 mi away
• Marshall Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• One Worship Revival — 0.1 mi away
• College Hill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Greater Peaceful Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Chapel of the Good Shepherd — 0.2 mi away
• Christ Temple Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
• Ebenezer Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
• Empowerment Temple #2 — 0.3 mi away