Friendship Church

The community around Friendship Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 84.9%
• Poverty Rate: 42.1% (27.5–56.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Obesity: 43.6%
• Depression: 31.5%
• Unemployment: 6.5% (0.6–14.0%)

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

Churches near Friendship Church

• Scalf Chapel Church — 1 mi away in Barbourville, KY
• Springfield Baptist Church — 1 mi away in Bimble, KY
• The Chapel — 1 mi away in Bimble, KY
• Beacon Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away in Barbourville, KY
• Beech Spring Church — 1.8 mi away
• Scalf Chapel Church — 1.8 mi away in Hinkle, KY
• Trace Branch United Methodist Church — 2.2 mi away
• North Main Community Church — 2.3 mi away in Heidrick, KY
• Parkway Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in Barbourville, KY
• Turkey Creek Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in Flat Lick, KY