Velvet Ridge Church of God

The community around Velvet Ridge Church of God

It takes 4.9 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 more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 42.7%
• Child Poverty: 36.6% (21.5–51.8%)
• Social Isolation: 33.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
• Depression: 27.4%
• Poverty Rate: 23.8% (15.5–32.1%)
• Food Insecurity: 22.4%
• Diabetes: 15.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (9.1–18.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%
• Unemployment: 7.0% (2.3–11.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Velvet Ridge Church of God

• Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• Velvet Ridge Church of God — 0.6 mi away
• Dripping Springs Church — 3.2 mi away
• Friendship Church — 4.1 mi away in Judsonia, AR
• Jesus Name Church — 4.7 mi away
• Denmark Baptist Church — 5 mi away in Bradford, AR
• Hopewell Church — 5.4 mi away
• Providence Church — 5.8 mi away in Judsonia, AR
• Trinity Baptist Church — 5.8 mi away in Bradford, AR
• Mount Carmel Church — 5.9 mi away in Bradford, AR