New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 6.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, nearly a quarter of the people here live without health insurance, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.6% (13.9–33.3%)
• Social Isolation: 33.8%
• Obesity: 38.6%
• Depression: 23.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Salem Church

• Rock Branch Church — 0.5 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Church — 3.5 mi away
• Blue Point Free Will Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Oak Valley Church — 3.9 mi away
• Stinson-Oak Grove Church — 3.9 mi away
• Glenwood Church — 4.7 mi away
• Arrington Prairie Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away
• Bailey Church — 6.2 mi away in Wayne City, IL
• Pin Oak Church — 6.3 mi away
• Buckeye Christian Church — 6.4 mi away