Briery Swamp Church

The community around Briery Swamp Church

It takes 2.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Obesity: 41.5%
• Social Isolation: 35.3%
• Poverty Rate: 25.7% (15.3–36.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 22.8%
• Depression: 25.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
• Diabetes: 14.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (6.5–16.1%)
• Unemployment: 7.5% (3.7–11.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Briery Swamp Church

• St. John Missionary Baptist Church Soul-Saving Center — 0.8 mi away
• Clemons Grove Chapel — 1.3 mi away
• New Beginning Church of Faith — 1.4 mi away
• Saint Johns Church — 1.4 mi away
• Liberty In Christ Church — 1.6 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 2.6 mi away in Greenville, NC
• Post Oak Grove Church — 3.1 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 3.7 mi away in Robersonville, NC
• Cherry Lane Church — 4.1 mi away in Greenville, NC
• Lion of Judah Community Church — 4.3 mi away in Greenville, NC