Saint John Catholic Church
Saint John Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 622 Main Street in Benwood, WV 26031. It is one of 2 churches in Benwood.
The former St. John Church was destroyed by fire March 30, 2015. The new church was constructed in 2017 by Trushel Construction Co. of Weirton, with roofing by Mansuetto Roofing and Sheet Metal of Wheeling.
622 Main Street, Benwood, WV, 26031Service times
- Thursday 6pm
Phone: +1 304-232-6455 · Website: http://stjohnbenwood.org/
Saint John Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 151 congregations of the Catholic family gather across West Virginia — 19,012 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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The community around Saint John Catholic Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 59.9%
- Obesity: 45.7%
- Poverty Rate: 32.2% (21.4–43.0%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
- Food Insecurity: 25.5%
- Diabetes: 18.3%
- Social Isolation: 35.2%
- Depression: 31.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.6%
- Unemployment: 9.0% (1.2–17.1%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Benwood city is served by 2 churches — about one congregation for every 526 residents.
Churches near Saint John Catholic Church
- Benwood Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- First Reformed Church — 0.4 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- Saint Matthews Church — 0.4 mi away
- Faith Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- Bellaire Christian Church — 0.4 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- Bellaire Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- Saint Johns Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away in Bellaire, OH
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- Saint Johns Roman Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.7 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- Saint Michaels Roman Catholic Church — 0.7 mi away in Bellaire, OH
- Saint Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church — 1.4 mi away in Wheeling, WV