Big Ridge Church

The community around Big Ridge Church

It takes 3.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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.

• Social Isolation: 33.9%
• Obesity: 39.9%
• Depression: 23.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
• Poverty Rate: 20.3% (12.2–28.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 17.2%
• Unemployment: 6.6% (0.5–12.8%)

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

Churches near Big Ridge Church

• Ingram Hill Church — 2.8 mi away
• Gaskin City Missionary Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away in Harrisburg, IL
• Sulphur Springs Church — 3.6 mi away
• Apostolic Church of God — 3.7 mi away in Harrisburg, IL
• Pankeyville Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away
• St Stephens Episcopal Church — 3.9 mi away in Harrisburg, IL
• Saline Valley Church — 3.9 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 4 mi away in Harrisburg, IL
• Apostolics of Wasson — 4.1 mi away in Harrisburg, IL
• First Presbyterian church — 4.1 mi away in Harrisburg, IL