The Encounter Church

The community around The Encounter Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 48.0%
• Social Isolation: 41.3%
• Food Insecurity: 39.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.8%
• Poverty Rate: 31.0% (19.3–42.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 28.2%
• Diabetes: 21.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.2% (11.6–24.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
• Unemployment: 8.0% (2.2–13.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near The Encounter Church

• Nichols African Methodist Episcopal Chapel — 0.1 mi away
• Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mother Mary Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Pastor Kelvin L. White Sr. — 0.4 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mt Mariah Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Rolf Survey Assembly of God Church — 0.5 mi away
• Pine Hill Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Freedom Worship Center — 0.6 mi away