Friendship Church

The community around Friendship Church

It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Unemployment: 8.8% (2.5–15.1%)
• Social Isolation: 31.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.4%
• Diabetes: 15.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (7.7–21.4%)

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

Churches near Friendship Church

• Sweetgum Church — 1 mi away
• Harper Church — 1.2 mi away
• Mount Herman Church — 1.2 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Church — 1.8 mi away in Murphy, NC
• Shady Grove Church — 2 mi away in Murphy, NC
• River Valley Church — 2.6 mi away in Murphy, NC
• New Liberty Church — 2.9 mi away
• Church of God Harris Chapel — 2.9 mi away in Murphy, NC
• Oak Grove Church — 3.2 mi away in Morganton, GA
• Harris Chapel — 3.4 mi away in Murphy, NC