Helena-West Helena 2nd Baptist Church

The community around Helena-West Helena 2nd Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 62.3%
• Obesity: 52.0%
• Food Insecurity: 42.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.4%
• Poverty Rate: 39.4% (28.5–50.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.2%
• Diabetes: 23.0%
• Unemployment: 18.1% (4.7–31.6%)
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%

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

Helena-West Helena city is served by 22 churches — about one congregation for every 67 residents.

Churches near Helena-West Helena 2nd Baptist Church

• Power House Church of God In Christ — 0.3 mi away in West Helena, AR
• First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in West Helena, AR
• Pettis Memorial Church — 0.4 mi away
• True Vine Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in West Helena, AR
• Greater Power House Cogic — 0.6 mi away in West Helena, AR
• Church of God — 0.6 mi away
• Saint Matthews Church — 0.6 mi away
• West Helena United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• West Helena Church of the Nazarene — 0.7 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in West Helena, AR