Russell Gap Church

The community around Russell Gap Church

It takes 3.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Social Isolation: 32.3%
• Unemployment: 9.1% (0.0–19.0%)
• Obesity: 37.3%
• Depression: 26.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.3%
• Diabetes: 13.4%

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

Churches near Russell Gap Church

• Mount Olive Church — 1.4 mi away in Taylorsville, NC
• Lebanon Church — 1.7 mi away in Taylorsville, NC
• Little River Church — 2.9 mi away in Taylorsville, NC
• Mount Hebron Church — 3.1 mi away in Taylorsville, NC
• Zion Hill Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away in Boomer, NC
• Boomer Advent Christian Church — 3.7 mi away in Boomer, NC
• Walnut Grove Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Salem Church — 3.8 mi away in Taylorsville, NC
• Poplar Springs Church — 3.8 mi away in Taylorsville, NC
• Saint Johns Church — 3.9 mi away in Taylorsville, NC