Union Church

The community around Union Church

It takes 5.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 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: 56.5% (40.3–72.8%)
• Obesity: 48.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.8%
• Food Insecurity: 33.5%
• Poverty Rate: 33.2% (23.2–43.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.5%
• Diabetes: 18.9%
• Unemployment: 12.1% (4.3–19.9%)
• Social Isolation: 36.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%

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

Churches near Union Church

• Spring Grove Missonary Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in Haynes, AR
• Mount Olive Church — 3.1 mi away in Forrest City, AR
• Shady Grove Church — 3.8 mi away
• Shady Grove Church — 4 mi away in Forrest City, AR
• Shady Grove Church — 4.1 mi away in Forrest City, AR
• Peters Rock Church — 4.3 mi away in Forrest City, AR
• Pentecost Church — 4.6 mi away in Forrest City, AR
• New Bethel Church — 5.1 mi away
• Mount Vernon Church — 5.5 mi away in Forrest City, AR
• Mount Zion Church — 5.6 mi away in Forrest City, AR