New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 6.6 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter 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.

• Social Isolation: 32.5%
• Obesity: 39.8%
• Depression: 23.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.0%
• Food Insecurity: 15.2%
• Diabetes: 13.6%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Salem Church

• Smith Church — 2 mi away
• Braden Valley Church — 2.3 mi away
• Mount Olivet Church — 2.5 mi away
• Hebron Church — 3.9 mi away
• Little Springs Church — 4.4 mi away in Thompsonville, IL
• Rector Church — 4.4 mi away
• Hickory Hill Church — 4.9 mi away
• Cross Roads Church — 5.4 mi away
• Liberty Church — 5.8 mi away in Thompsonville, IL
• Ten Mile Baptist Church — 5.9 mi away