Rock of Ages United Baptist Church

The community around Rock of Ages United Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 50.3%
• Child Poverty: 42.4% (24.0–60.7%)
• Depression: 35.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.6%
• Poverty Rate: 33.2% (23.4–43.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 27.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
• Social Isolation: 38.8%
• Diabetes: 17.6%
• Unemployment: 11.5% (5.5–17.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.0% (5.8–18.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Huntington city is served by 108 churches — about one congregation for every 382 residents.

Churches near Rock of Ages United Baptist Church

• Thomas Memorial Freewill Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Ceredo Christian Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Guyandotte Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Fifth Avenue Freewill Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Guyandotte Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Second Guyandotte Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• ALC — 0.5 mi away
• Apostolic Life Cathedral — 0.5 mi away
• Shiloah Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Guyandotte Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away