Friendly Church

The community around Friendly Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. 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: 36.4%
• Food Insecurity: 22.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.5% (8.4–28.7%)
• Obesity: 38.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
• Depression: 24.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%

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

Gastonia city is served by 22 churches — about one congregation for every 3,942 residents.

Churches near Friendly Church

• Northside Church — 0.5 mi away
• Promised Land Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Iglesia Bautista Tierra Prometida — 0.5 mi away
• Modena Church — 0.7 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
• Pentecostal Worship Center — 0.8 mi away
• As It Is Ministries — 0.9 mi away
• East Gastonia Church of God — 0.9 mi away
• Flint Groves Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• New Bethesda Tabernacle — 1 mi away