Mount Paran Church

The community around Mount Paran Church

It takes 4.5 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 about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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.

• Obesity: 36.7%
• Social Isolation: 31.8%
• Depression: 23.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.7%
• Diabetes: 14.5%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Paran Church

• Haines Chapel — 1.7 mi away in Vesuvius, VA
• Vesuvius Church — 3.8 mi away in Vesuvius, VA
• Emory Church — 4.3 mi away
• Mount Joy Church — 4.8 mi away in Raphine, VA
• Marl Hill Church — 4.9 mi away
• Irish Creek Mission — 5.1 mi away in Vesuvius, VA
• Mount Carmel Church — 5.2 mi away in Raphine, VA
• Saint Pauls Church — 5.4 mi away in Raphine, VA
• Evergreen Church — 5.6 mi away
• Marlbrook Church — 6 mi away in Raphine, VA