Big Creek Church

The community around Big Creek 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 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 36.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
• Food Insecurity: 21.1%
• Diabetes: 16.8%
• Obesity: 39.9%
• Child Poverty: 29.0% (12.8–45.1%)
• Poverty Rate: 18.1% (10.6–25.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (9.0–17.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%

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

Churches near Big Creek Church

• Big Creek Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Merrillville Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Sweetfield Church — 2 mi away
• Saint George Church — 2.3 mi away
• Coolidge Church of God — 2.9 mi away
• Coolidge Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Brightside Christian Worship Center — 3 mi away
• New Bethel Missionary Church — 3.3 mi away
• St Paul Temple Church of God — 3.4 mi away
• Saint Paul Missionary Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away