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 2 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, 72855-4917Phone: +14799633280 · Website: https://encounterministry.org/campus-locations
The Encounter is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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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