New Friendship Church

The community around New Friendship Church

It takes 3.2 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 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. 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: 45.3%
• Food Insecurity: 33.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
• Diabetes: 18.4%
• Social Isolation: 38.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
• Poverty Rate: 17.8% (9.7–25.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.4% (8.2–16.7%)

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

Churches near New Friendship Church

• Johnson Chapel — 0.7 mi away
• Johnson Chapel — 1.4 mi away
• New Zion Church — 2 mi away
• Damascus Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away
• Walnut Grove Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Walnut Grove Methodist Church — 3 mi away
• Crossroad Church — 3 mi away
• Walnut Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 3.2 mi away
• Golden Grove Church — 3.3 mi away
• True Light Church — 3.5 mi away