Shaffer Church

The community around Shaffer Church

It takes 3.2 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 live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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.

• Obesity: 36.3%
• Depression: 23.5%
• Unemployment: 6.3% (2.9–9.7%)

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

Churches near Shaffer Church

• Ridge Church Of The Brethren — 0 mi away
• Saint Thomas Church — 0.5 mi away
• Hooversville Church Of The Brethren — 2.4 mi away
• Holy Family Catholic Church — 2.5 mi away
• Berkey Church — 2.8 mi away in Windber, PA
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 3.4 mi away in Windber, PA
• Bethel United Methodist Church — 3.6 mi away in Hollsopple, PA
• The Pentecostals of Greater Johnstown Area — 3.8 mi away in Hollsopple, PA
• Pokey Church — 3.8 mi away in Quemahoning Twp, PA
• Way of Hope Christian Fellowship — 4.3 mi away in Hollsopple, PA