Old 16 Church

The community around Old 16 Church

It takes 5.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 37.1%
• Social Isolation: 31.2%
• Depression: 26.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.8%
• Diabetes: 13.9%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Old 16 Church

• Poplar Cove Church — 1 mi away
• Piney Ridge Church — 1.3 mi away
• Miller Church — 2.1 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 3 mi away
• Bethel Church — 3.5 mi away
• New Light Church — 3.6 mi away
• Glendale Springs Presbyterian — 3.9 mi away in West Jefferson, NC
• Union Church — 3.9 mi away
• Church of the Frescoes — 3.9 mi away in West Jefferson, NC
• Holy Trinity Church — 3.9 mi away in West Jefferson, NC