Gordon Bend Church

The community around Gordon Bend Church

It takes 6.5 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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 49.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
• Food Insecurity: 32.2%
• Diabetes: 22.5%
• Social Isolation: 36.3%
• Poverty Rate: 22.9% (13.0–32.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.1% (7.5–14.8%)

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

Churches near Gordon Bend Church

• Pleasant Green Church — 1.7 mi away
• Unity Church — 2.1 mi away in White Hall, AL
• First Missionary Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in White Hall, AL
• River Bend Church — 3.4 mi away
• Dutch Bend Church — 4.5 mi away in Autaugaville, AL
• Saint Marks Church — 4.5 mi away
• Saint Marks Church — 4.6 mi away
• Big Springs Church — 4.9 mi away in Selma, AL
• Mount Sinai Church — 4.9 mi away
• Mt. Gillard Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away