Porter Church

The community around Porter Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 43.1%
• Social Isolation: 36.7%
• Depression: 29.3%
• Unemployment: 9.9% (4.5–15.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
• Poverty Rate: 17.4% (10.0–24.8%)
• Food Insecurity: 15.4%
• Diabetes: 14.0%

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

Churches near Porter Church

• Slocum Station Church — 0.3 mi away
• Wait's Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Portsmouth, OH
• Waits Church — 0.4 mi away
• Camp Bennett Christian Baptist Church — 1 mi away in Portsmouth, OH
• Sciotodale Freewill Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Union Church — 1.9 mi away
• Dogwood Chapel Church of Christ In Christian Union — 2 mi away in Wheelersburg, OH
• Riverview Church — 2 mi away
• Junior Furnace Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away in Portsmouth, OH
• Sacred Mission Church — 2.1 mi away in Wheelersburg, OH