Thomas Memorial Freewill Baptist Church

The community around Thomas Memorial Freewill Baptist 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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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: 50.1%
• Child Poverty: 42.5% (24.1–61.0%)
• Depression: 36.0%
• Poverty Rate: 34.1% (23.8–44.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.9%
• Food Insecurity: 28.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.5%
• Unemployment: 12.4% (5.8–19.1%)
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Diabetes: 17.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.0% (5.8–18.3%)

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

Huntington city is served by 108 churches — about one congregation for every 382 residents.

Churches near Thomas Memorial Freewill Baptist Church

• Rock of Ages United Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Ceredo Christian Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Fifth Avenue Freewill Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Guyandotte Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Guyandotte Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Second Guyandotte Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• ALC — 0.4 mi away
• Apostolic Life Cathedral — 0.4 mi away
• Guyandotte Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Shiloah Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.4 mi away