Williams Chapel Church

The community around Williams Chapel Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 57.2%
• Child Poverty: 50.8% (31.2–70.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 50.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 45.0%
• Social Isolation: 42.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 39.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 36.9%
• Poverty Rate: 35.3% (22.8–47.9%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.6%
• Diabetes: 27.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 24.6%
• Unemployment: 15.3% (4.2–26.4%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

West Memphis city is served by 47 churches — about one congregation for every 446 residents.

Churches near Williams Chapel Church

• Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Beautiful Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Whole Bible Church of Jesus Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Faith International Ministry Center Church — 0.4 mi away
• New Hope Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Eighteenth Street Mission for Jesus Christ — 0.5 mi away
• Stewart Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away