Hester Church

Hester Church is a church at 6581 Hwy 96, North Oxford, NC, 27565 in NC 27565.

it is our mission to continue to make disciples, as our Lord Jesus has called us to do, and we invite you to come and join us as we follow Jesus together.

Hester Baptist Church has a rich history. Founded in September of 1823 with land donated by Captain Benjamin F. Hester, the church was named in his honor.

Serving since 1823

6581 Hwy 96, North Oxford, NC, 27565, NC, 27565

Website: https://hesterbaptist.church/

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The community around Hester Church

It takes 2.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Child Poverty: 34.3% (19.6–50.3%)
  • Social Isolation: 34.0%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.6%
  • Diabetes: 17.4%
  • Obesity: 39.1%
  • Depression: 23.7%
  • Poverty Rate: 19.6% (10.3–28.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (6.4–18.7%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

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

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