Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is a Episcopal church at 400 Hill Avenue in Forrest City, AR 72335. It is one of 62 churches in Forrest City.
400 Hill Avenue, Forrest City, AR, 72335Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is part of the Anglican and Episcopal family of churches in The American Church Story. 54 congregations of the Anglican and Episcopal family gather across Arkansas — 5,448 across the United States on The Church Map.
Anglicans gave the English-speaking church the words it still prays in: the Book of Common Prayer, and a translation of Scripture that shaped four centuries of worship, writing, and speech. Holding evangelical, catholic, and liberal convictions inside one communion has made them a long school of patience for every tradition that came after.
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The community around Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 51.2%
- Child Poverty: 48.0% (29.9–66.2%)
- Food Insecurity: 39.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.0%
- Poverty Rate: 33.8% (24.4–43.2%)
- Housing Insecurity: 29.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.6%
- Diabetes: 20.9%
- Social Isolation: 38.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
- Unemployment: 9.6% (2.6–16.7%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Forrest City city is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 554 residents.
Churches near Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
- Poplar Grove M.B. Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God of Forrest City — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Forrest City — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Kynette United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Beth Salem Baptist — 0.3 mi away
- St Luke AME Church — 0.4 mi away
More Anglican churches nearby
- St Andrew's Episcopal Church — 16.4 mi away in Marianna, AR
- Saint Lukes Episcopal Church — 24.6 mi away in Brinkley, AR
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