Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

In the few miles around 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: 67.9%
• Obesity: 52.5%
• Food Insecurity: 42.9%
• Poverty Rate: 40.4% (28.5–52.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.9%
• Diabetes: 23.6%
• Unemployment: 17.6% (3.6–31.6%)
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.5%
• 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 Saint Matthews Church

• Helena-West Helena 2nd Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Power House Church of God In Christ — 0.8 mi away in West Helena, AR
• First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in West Helena, AR
• Pettis Memorial Church — 0.9 mi away
• True Vine Missionary Baptist Church — 1 mi away in West Helena, AR
• West Helena Church of the Nazarene — 1 mi away
• Greater Power House Cogic — 1.1 mi away in West Helena, AR
• West Helena United Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
• King Solomon M.B. Church — 1.2 mi away in Helena, AR
• Church of God — 1.2 mi away