Saint John Church

The community around Saint John Church

It takes 4.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Child Poverty: 48.2% (31.4–65.1%)
• Obesity: 47.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
• Poverty Rate: 31.1% (22.5–39.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 30.5%
• Diabetes: 18.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.5%
• Social Isolation: 35.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
• Unemployment: 7.3% (2.5–12.2%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint John Church

• White Rock Church — 1.2 mi away in Widener, AR
• Widener Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in Widener, AR
• Mount Zion Church — 2.7 mi away
• Church of Christ — 2.7 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 2.8 mi away
• Widener Grove MB Church — 2.8 mi away in Widener, AR
• Cornerstone MB Church — 2.9 mi away in Madison, AR
• Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in Madison, AR
• Corner Stone Church — 4.1 mi away
• Peters Rock Church — 4.2 mi away