Compass South
Compass South is a Southern Baptist church at 149 Rorie St in Batesville, AR 72501-7799. It is one of 87 churches in Batesville, and one of 4 Southern Baptist congregations in the city.
Above all, we believe the primary banner over our church is Jesus. The church belongs to Him and exists for His glory.
Compass South is a gospel-centered church located south of the river in Independence County.
149 Rorie St, Batesville, AR, 72501-7799Service times
- Thursday 5:15am · mornings
Website: https://www.compasssouth.org/
Compass South is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,152 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arkansas — 71,418 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
Ministries at Compass South
- Kids Ministry
- Men's Prayer Ministry
- Sisterhood
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The community around Compass South
In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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: 44.2%
- Social Isolation: 35.3%
- Child Poverty: 31.4% (14.4–48.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.6%
- Depression: 28.2%
- Food Insecurity: 23.7%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.9% (12.0–25.7%)
- Unemployment: 9.8% (2.2–17.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
- Poverty Rate: 21.0% (12.1–29.8%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
- Diabetes: 14.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Compass South
- Mt Zion Baptist Church — 0 mi away
- Mount Zion Church — 0 mi away
- Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.7 mi away
- Southside Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
- Southside United Methodist Church — 1.1 mi away
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Oak Valley Church — 2.5 mi away
- Swaims Chapel — 2.6 mi away
- Allen Chapel — 2.8 mi away in Southside, AR
- Fellowship Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- Emmanuel Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
- Ramsey Heights Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away
- Rosie Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away
- Desha First Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in Desha, AR
- East Batesville Freewill Baptist Church — 5.5 mi away
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