Center of Love Church of God

The community around Center of Love Church of God

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 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: 52.6%
• Child Poverty: 44.4% (28.7–60.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 38.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
• Poverty Rate: 32.2% (22.6–41.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 28.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.1%
• Diabetes: 20.6%
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
• Unemployment: 6.4% (1.1–12.0%)

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

Norfolk city is served by 176 churches — about one congregation for every 1,346 residents.

Churches near Center of Love Church of God

• Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Chesapeake Christian Center — 0.2 mi away in Chesapeake, VA
• Saint Mark United Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• New Central Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Saint Mark Holiness Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church, Berkeley — 0.3 mi away
• Csccministries — 0.4 mi away
• Church of the Lord Jesus Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Hood Chapel African Methodist — 0.4 mi away
• New Hope Congregational Christian Church — 0.4 mi away