Where is The Encounter located?

The Encounter is at 1111 S Elm St, Paris, AR, 72855-4917.

What denomination is The Encounter?

The Encounter in Paris, AR is a Baptist church. It is one of 3 Baptist congregations in Paris.

The Encounter

The Encounter is a Baptist church at 1111 S Elm St in Paris, AR 72855-4917. It is one of 21 churches in Paris, and one of 3 Baptist congregations in the city.

To create an environment where Real People can come as they are regardless of their past or present circumstances.

1111 S Elm St, Paris, AR, 72855-4917

Phone: (479) 963-3280 · Website: https://encounterministry.org/campus-locations

The Encounter is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,152 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arkansas — 71,418 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 The Encounter

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

Social Isolation: 34.2%
Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
Obesity: 37.5%
Depression: 25.4%
Poverty Rate: 17.9% (11.9–23.9%)
Food Insecurity: 16.8%
Diabetes: 14.6%

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

Churches near The Encounter

Paris First Assembly — 0 mi away
Southside Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
Paris Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.5 mi away
Paris First — 0.6 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
Jehovah's Witnesses — 1.5 mi away

More Baptist churches nearby

Paris First — 0.6 mi away
First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
Roseville Baptist Church — 7.2 mi away in Ozark, AR
Missionary Baptist Church — 7.5 mi away in Scranton, AR

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