Murphy Chapel

The community around Murphy Chapel

It takes 6.1 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. 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: 40.6%
• Social Isolation: 34.2%
• Diabetes: 15.5%
• Depression: 23.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.9%
• Food Insecurity: 18.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (4.3–18.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Murphy Chapel

• Riverside Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Tomahawk Church — 2.8 mi away in Garland, NC
• Evening Light Chapel — 3 mi away in Garland, NC
• Trinity AME Zion Church — 3.1 mi away
• South River Church — 4.4 mi away
• Harmony Church — 4.5 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Church — 4.5 mi away
• Beard Chapel — 5.5 mi away in Garland, NC
• Deliverance Victory Temple — 5.6 mi away
• Trueway Church — 5.7 mi away