Parsley Bottom Freewill Baptist Church

The community around Parsley Bottom Freewill Baptist Church

It takes 3.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.1%
• Depression: 34.5%
• Food Insecurity: 25.6%
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Obesity: 44.2%
• Child Poverty: 35.7% (17.4–54.0%)
• Social Isolation: 34.9%
• Poverty Rate: 28.7% (18.0–39.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.3%
• Unemployment: 11.3% (2.8–20.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Parsley Bottom Freewill Baptist Church

• Little Dove Church — 0.4 mi away
• Lone Star Church — 1.2 mi away
• Lenore Church — 1.9 mi away
• Zion Church — 2.5 mi away
• Canterbury Church — 2.7 mi away
• Trace Fork Church — 2.7 mi away in Delbarton, WV
• Caney Church — 3 mi away in Delbarton, WV
• Baisdentown Church — 3 mi away
• Bethany Church — 3.5 mi away
• Old Zion Church — 3.9 mi away