Akers Church

The community around Akers Church

It takes 5.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.

• Social Isolation: 32.8%
• Obesity: 39.0%
• Depression: 23.1%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Akers Church

• Hull United Methodist Church — 2.1 mi away in Hull, IL
• Faith Chapel — 3 mi away in Plainville, IL
• First Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Plainville, IL
• Payson Congregational Church — 5.8 mi away in Payson, IL
• Payson Southern Baptist Church — 5.9 mi away in Payson, IL
• Payson United Methodist Church — 6 mi away in Payson, IL
• Saverton-Llasco United Methodist — 8 mi away in Hannibal, MO
• United Methodist Church — 8.5 mi away in Barry, IL
• First Christian Church of Barry — 8.7 mi away in Barry, IL
• Barry Baptist Church — 8.8 mi away in Barry, IL