Battens Church

The community around Battens Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 49.0%
• Obesity: 43.7%
• Social Isolation: 35.6%
• Poverty Rate: 29.6% (21.1–38.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.4%
• Food Insecurity: 24.1%
• Diabetes: 17.1%
• Depression: 25.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%
• Unemployment: 6.0% (2.0–10.0%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Battens Church

• Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 2.8 mi away
• Union Grove Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• New Life International Pentecostal Church — 3.2 mi away
• Mornin Star Church — 3.3 mi away
• Johns Chapel AME Church — 3.5 mi away
• Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Adams Street Church of Christ — 3.8 mi away
• Morning Star Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Wiregrass Community Worship Center — 4 mi away