Messenger Church

The community around Messenger Church

It takes 3.4 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 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 31.5%
• Diabetes: 19.6%
• Obesity: 40.7%
• Social Isolation: 34.4%
• Depression: 31.8%
• Poverty Rate: 25.2% (13.2–37.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 20.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
• Unemployment: 7.6% (1.6–13.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Messenger Church

• Whitedale Church — 0.8 mi away
• Pilgrim Holiness Church — 1.2 mi away
• Terra Alta First United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Terra Alta United Presbyterian Church — 1.4 mi away
• Saint Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church — 1.5 mi away
• Terra Alta Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Freeland United Methodist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Trinity United Methodist Church — 2 mi away
• Independent United Brethren Church — 2 mi away
• Oak Grove Church (historical) — 3.8 mi away