Poorfork Church of Christ
Poorfork Church of Christ is a church at 670 Highway 522 in Baxter, KY 40806-8456. It is one of 4 churches in Baxter.
670 Highway 522, Baxter, KY, 40806-8456Phone: +16065740074 · Website: https://christianstandard.com/places/poor-fork-church-of-christ/
Poorfork Church of Christ is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 291 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Kentucky — 9,607 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.
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The community around Poorfork Church of Christ
In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 42.6%
- Depression: 29.2%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
- Diabetes: 15.6%
- Unemployment: 10.3% (3.0–17.6%)
- Poverty Rate: 20.4% (14.2–26.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Poorfork Church of Christ
- Poorfork Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Rhea Church — 2.4 mi away
- Mt Olive Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Harlan, KY
- Church of God — 3.1 mi away in Harlan, KY
- Kelly Street Missionary Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Harlan, KY
- Church of Christ Clover Street — 3.3 mi away in Harlan, KY
- First Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Harlan, KY
- Christ Episcopal Church — 3.4 mi away in Harlan, KY
- Harlan United Methodist Church — 3.5 mi away in Harlan, KY
- Harlan Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away in Harlan, KY
More Restorationist churches nearby
- Poorfork Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Church of Christ Clover Street — 3.3 mi away in Harlan, KY
- Harlan Church of Christ — 3.6 mi away in Harlan, KY
- Loyall Church of Christ — 4.7 mi away in Loyall, KY
- Mountain View Church of Christ — 5 mi away in Putney, KY