Morris Fork Church

The community around Morris Fork Church

It takes 4.4 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: 32.5%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Obesity: 41.8%
• Social Isolation: 33.6%
• Depression: 31.0%
• Poverty Rate: 24.4% (15.6–33.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Morris Fork Church

• Meadow Grove Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• McElhenney Church — 2.4 mi away
• Maude Chapel — 2.6 mi away in Alderson, WV
• Little Sewell Church — 3.4 mi away in Rainelle, WV
• Lane United Methodist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Lick Creek Church — 4.6 mi away
• Laurel Branch Church — 4.8 mi away
• Little Meadow Church — 5.1 mi away
• Chapel Hill Church — 5.3 mi away in Alderson, WV
• Lockbridge Methodist Church — 5.6 mi away