West Ripley Church

The community around West Ripley Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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: 42.5%
• Social Isolation: 35.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.2%
• Food Insecurity: 21.6%
• Diabetes: 16.2%
• Unemployment: 10.0% (2.2–17.9%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.4%
• Child Poverty: 22.6% (3.7–41.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.7% (6.4–22.9%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%

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

Ripley city is served by 14 churches — about one congregation for every 200 residents.

Churches near West Ripley Church

• Unity Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Hickory Grove Church — 0.8 mi away
• Beech Hill Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away
• First United Pentecostal Church — 1.1 mi away
• West Ripley Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• St. James Church Of God In Christ — 1.1 mi away
• Ripley Primitive Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• First Evangelical Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Saint Matthew Church — 1.4 mi away
• Mount View Church — 1.5 mi away