Eight Mile Baptist Church

Eight Mile Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Paragould, AR 72450. It is one of 102 churches in Paragould, and one of 26 Baptist congregations in the city.

Paragould, AR, 72450

Eight Mile Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,140 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arkansas — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Eight Mile Baptist 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

  • Obesity: 45.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
  • Food Insecurity: 25.8%
  • Unemployment: 12.1% (2.9–21.3%)
  • Child Poverty: 38.1% (20.0–56.1%)
  • Social Isolation: 36.7%
  • Depression: 29.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 26.6% (18.4–34.9%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.9%
  • Diabetes: 14.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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