New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 2.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter 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.

• Obesity: 43.0%
• Depression: 28.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.3%
• Diabetes: 16.7%
• Poverty Rate: 19.0% (12.3–25.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2022, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Salem Church

• Olive Hill Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• New Hope Community Church — 0.9 mi away
• Olive Hill Wesleyan Church — 1.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Olive Hill Church of the Nazarene — 1.3 mi away
• First Christian Church of Olive Hill — 1.4 mi away
• Limestone Apostolic Church — 2 mi away
• Globe Christian Church — 2.3 mi away
• Three Pine Freewill Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Ross Chapel — 3.1 mi away