Laughlin Memorial Chapel

Ministries at Laughlin Memorial Chapel

• Afterschool Program

The community around Laughlin Memorial Chapel

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 45.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
• Poverty Rate: 31.4% (20.3–42.5%)
• Diabetes: 19.2%
• Social Isolation: 34.7%
• Depression: 31.2%
• Food Insecurity: 24.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
• Unemployment: 11.5% (2.4–21.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Wheeling city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 339 residents.

Churches near Laughlin Memorial Chapel

• Saint Anthony Roman Catholic Church — 0 mi away
• Biggy's Pizza — 0.1 mi away
• Living Word — 0.2 mi away
• Agape Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First English Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
• St. Matthew's Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Second United Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Cathedral of Saint Joseph — 0.3 mi away
• Saint James Evangelical Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
• The Blue Church — 0.4 mi away