Shelton Memorial Christian Church

The community around Shelton Memorial Christian Church

It takes 6.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 13.3% (2.9–23.8%)
• Social Isolation: 39.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
• Depression: 26.0%
• Food Insecurity: 17.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Shelton Memorial Christian Church

• Emmanuel Baptist Church — 8.1 mi away in Portales, NM
• Portales Church of God — 8.4 mi away in Portales, NM
• New Testament Baptist Church — 8.4 mi away in Portales, NM
• Apostolic Lighthouse Church — 8.4 mi away in Portales, NM
• First Baptist Church — 8.5 mi away in Portales, NM
• Portales Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 8.6 mi away in Portales, NM
• Third and Kilgore Church of Christ — 8.6 mi away in Portales, NM
• First Presbyterian Church — 8.7 mi away in Portales, NM
• Greyhounds For Christ — 8.8 mi away in Portales, NM
• Church of Christ Student Center — 8.8 mi away in Portales, NM