Laing Church of God

The community around Laing Church of God

It takes 3.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third 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: 42.4%
• Social Isolation: 35.5%
• Depression: 31.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.5%
• Food Insecurity: 21.0%
• Diabetes: 17.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
• Poverty Rate: 17.8% (8.8–26.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Laing Church of God

• Eskdale Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Eskdale, WV
• Ronda Apostolic Church — 5.3 mi away
• Gallagher Church of the Nazarene Teens — 5.4 mi away in Gallagher, WV
• Mount Zion Church — 5.5 mi away
• Mount Herman Church — 5.8 mi away
• Wet Branch Church — 5.9 mi away
• Saint Johns Church — 6.5 mi away in Whitesville, WV
• Holly Grove Evening Light Christian Church — 6.8 mi away in Gallagher, WV
• Chelyan Methodist Episcopal Church — 7.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 7.6 mi away