Valley Chapel United Methodist Church

The community around Valley Chapel United Methodist Church

It takes 3.4 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 about a third 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.

• Obesity: 40.2%
• Social Isolation: 33.9%
• Depression: 31.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.6%
• Diabetes: 16.4%
• Unemployment: 12.0% (5.2–18.7%)
• Child Poverty: 23.1% (8.5–37.8%)
• Poverty Rate: 17.8% (10.1–25.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 17.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Valley Chapel United Methodist Church

• Mount Morris Church — 1 mi away
• Jacksons Mill Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• All Faith Chapel — 1.5 mi away in Jane Lew, WV
• McCann Run United Methodist Church — 1.7 mi away in Jane Lew, WV
• Word of Life Ministries — 1.9 mi away
• Gee Lick United Methodist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Church — 2.6 mi away in Jane Lew, WV
• Fairview Church — 3.1 mi away
• Broad Run Church — 3.1 mi away in Jane Lew, WV
• Freedom Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away