New Hope Church

The community around New Hope Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

• Social Isolation: 40.3%
• Food Insecurity: 35.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.9%
• Obesity: 43.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.9%
• Child Poverty: 32.5% (17.6–47.3%)
• Poverty Rate: 22.4% (13.8–31.0%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.0%
• Diabetes: 17.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.2% (10.8–21.5%)

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

Forest city is served by 10 churches — about one congregation for every 513 residents.

Churches near New Hope Church

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.6 mi away
• Covenant Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
• Calvary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Assembly of God Church — 0.8 mi away
• Embrace Church — 0.9 mi away
• Christian Life Fellowship — 1 mi away
• Iglesia Cristiana Bet-el — 1.1 mi away
• Lynch Chapel United Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Forest Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Forest Presbyterian Church — 1.3 mi away