Barkers Church

The community around Barkers Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. 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: 41.8%
• Child Poverty: 30.9% (15.2–46.6%)
• Diabetes: 15.8%
• Social Isolation: 29.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.8%
• Poverty Rate: 18.8% (12.5–25.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 17.3%

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

Churches near Barkers Church

• Tenmile Church — 1.2 mi away
• Tenmile Center Church — 2.3 mi away
• Floyd Temple Church — 2.7 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 3 mi away
• Mount Moriah Church — 3 mi away
• Antioch Church — 3.3 mi away in St Pauls, NC
• Regan Church — 3.6 mi away
• Chrysolite Church — 3.7 mi away
• Pleasant Meadow Church — 3.8 mi away
• Saddletree Church of God — 3.9 mi away