Friendship Church

The community around Friendship Church

It takes 3.0 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 41.1%
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
• Child Poverty: 24.5% (7.3–41.8%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.5%
• Food Insecurity: 19.8%
• Poverty Rate: 16.9% (9.5–24.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.0%

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

Churches near Friendship Church

• Nine Mile Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Sunfield Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away in Du Quoin, IL
• Holts Prairie Church — 4.3 mi away in Du Quoin, IL
• Cross Church — 4.7 mi away in Pinckneyville, IL
• Paradise Church — 5.2 mi away
• Saint Brunos Church — 6.4 mi away in Pinckneyville, IL
• St. Bruno's — 6.4 mi away in Pinckneyville, IL
• Joel Center — 6.4 mi away in Pinckneyville, IL
• Priest House — 6.4 mi away in Pinckneyville, IL
• Saint Pauls United Church of Christ — 6.4 mi away in Pinckneyville, IL