Wabbaseka Church

The community around Wabbaseka 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 3 in 10 have no one they feel they can count on, and about a third of the people here live without health insurance, 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.

• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 32.3% (20.1–44.5%)
• Obesity: 43.5%
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Poverty Rate: 24.0% (17.6–30.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 22.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%
• Diabetes: 13.2%

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

Churches near Wabbaseka Church

• Gethsemane Church — 1.4 mi away
• Coleman Chapel — 1.5 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 2.4 mi away
• Saint James Church — 2.5 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 3.6 mi away
• Sunrise Church — 4.4 mi away in Sherrill, AR
• Church of Christ — 4.7 mi away
• Tabernacle Church — 4.7 mi away
• Central Church — 5.1 mi away
• Freedom Missionary Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away