Rising Sun Church

The community around Rising Sun Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 8 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 89.3%
• Obesity: 49.6%
• Poverty Rate: 49.6% (34.8–64.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 40.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.8%
• Diabetes: 24.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.6%
• Unemployment: 18.2% (5.8–30.8%)
• Social Isolation: 39.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
• Depression: 25.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (4.5–18.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Rising Sun Church

• Zion Hill Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Sevier Memorial United Methodist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Rising Sun Church — 2.5 mi away
• Church of Christ — 2.7 mi away
• The Harvest Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• First Church of God — 2.8 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Saint Patrick Catholic Church — 3.2 mi away
• Frances Hall — 3.2 mi away