Refuge Community Church

The community around Refuge Community Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. About 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 34.0%
• Unemployment: 11.2% (4.5–17.9%)
• Obesity: 36.9%
• Depression: 26.5%
• Child Poverty: 25.8% (14.5–37.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.0%
• Food Insecurity: 18.1%
• Poverty Rate: 16.2% (10.2–22.2%)
• Diabetes: 13.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.4% (7.9–16.9%)

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

Churches near Refuge Community Church

• Cooleemee Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church Of Cooleemee — 0.2 mi away
• Cooleemee Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.2 mi away
• Victory Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Cooleemee United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• The Bridge — 0.4 mi away
• New Shepherd Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Mocksville, NC
• Edgewood Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Mocksville, NC
• Erwin Temple CME Church — 1.2 mi away in Woodleaf, NC