Mount Carmel Church of the Brethren

The community around Mount Carmel Church of the Brethren

It takes 4.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Poverty Rate: 23.4% (13.5–33.3%)
• Diabetes: 15.7%
• Obesity: 37.2%
• Social Isolation: 30.1%
• Depression: 25.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.0%
• Food Insecurity: 15.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (7.1–21.0%)
• Unemployment: 6.1% (0.4–12.9%)

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

Churches near Mount Carmel Church of the Brethren

• Scottville Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC
• Bellview Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC
• Mount Zion Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Mt. Zion United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away in Sparta, NC
• New Hope Baptist Church — 2 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC
• Pleasant Valley Church — 2.5 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC
• Belview Church — 2.6 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC
• Bellview Baptist — 2.6 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC
• Cranberry Primitive Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away in Laurel Springs, NC
• Chestnut Hill Church — 3 mi away