Pontoon Beach, IL

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City Score 36 · Liberty · Madison County · St. Louis area · Illinois

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What churches in Pontoon Beach serve the community?

1 church in Pontoon Beach, IL is listed on JoyProject. Within 10 miles of Pontoon Beach there are 306 more, including Grace Church East Campus (1.0 mi), Gracepoint (1.7 mi), and Tri-City Assembly of God (1.8 mi).

How can I volunteer near Pontoon Beach?

There are 2,072 volunteer opportunities with churches and ministries within 25 miles of Pontoon Beach, IL in the next 30 days. The next one is Early Morning Prayer with Transforming Word Church on Thursday, November 12. Pick one on JoyProject to see the details and sign up to serve.

What is Pontoon Beach's City Score?

Pontoon Beach, IL scores 36 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026: Condition 38 (the city from public data) and Movement 33 (how the church is moving). It is updated weekly, every number with its source.

City Score: Pontoon Beach, IL

Pontoon Beach, IL scores 36 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026. Condition 38 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 33 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

Condition: Partly Illinois state-wide (3 of 4 indexes)

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State-wide for Burden and Liberty: the numbers for Violent crime, Property crime, Legal gambling, Religious Liberty in the States score, Safeguards fully in law, State Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Anti-Christian hate crimes, School choice, Protections for the unborn, Homeschool freedom, and Tone of news coverage of Christianity are published for Illinois as a whole, not by city, so every Illinois city carries Illinois's numbers.

Illinois scores 45 out of 100, Liberty since Oct 2026 (Condition 54 · Movement 32).

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What's moving it

  • 103 prayer gatherings (Prayer, listed from church websites)
  • 380 ways to serve (Service, listed from church websites)
  • 425 gatherings (Gathering, listed from church websites)
  • 1,033 churches listed (Unity, listed from church websites)
  • 164 Bible studies (Discipleship, listed from church websites)

The condition of Pontoon Beach, IL

  • What Pontoon Beach is up against: 55 out of 100 — Better than 34% of cities, down 10 points (Illinois state-wide)
  • Where grace is growing: 26 out of 100 — Better than 37% of cities (From Madison County, IL)
  • Marriage & family: 10 out of 100 — Better than 1% of cities, down 19 points
  • Christian liberty: 69 out of 100 — Better than 84% of cities, down 3 points (Illinois state-wide)

Christianity on the Move in Pontoon Beach, IL

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable. Pontoon Beach, IL rates 35 out of 100: Drifting across 7 of 8 areas.

  • The Church: 30, Lukewarm
  • The Family: 11, Broken
  • Education: 30, Wandering
  • Government: 76, Just
  • Media: 46, Mixed
  • Arts & Entertainment: 35, Worldly
  • Business: 22, Tightfisted
  • Compassion: 31, Indifferent

Every measure behind Pontoon Beach, IL's ratings

What takes Pontoon Beach, IL to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 2 → 40
  • Unity: Unity 12 → 45
  • Prayer: Prayer 0 → 45
  • Discipleship: Discipleship 0 → 45

What affected it

  • This week: Witness down 7 — 48% belong to a church
  • This quarter: Adults 25-44 married down 38 percentile points (Marriage & family)
  • This quarter: Property crime down 27 percentile points (What Pontoon Beach is up against)
  • This quarter: Children with married parents down 16 percentile points (Marriage & family)

Pontoon Beach, IL over time

  • — Entered Liberty

The full City Score for Pontoon Beach, IL, every indicator with its source

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