Ruths Chapel

The community around Ruths Chapel

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 40.8%
• Social Isolation: 36.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.1%
• Poverty Rate: 24.4% (15.1–33.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 24.3%
• Diabetes: 16.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
• Depression: 23.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (5.4–18.9%)

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

New Bern city is served by 18 churches — about one congregation for every 1,277 residents.

Churches near Ruths Chapel

• Church of God of Prophecy — 0.1 mi away
• Christian Outreach Ministry — 0.4 mi away
• Karen Baptist Church of New Bern — 0.5 mi away
• Heritage Pentecostal Holiness Church — 0.5 mi away
• Abundant Life Miracle Center — 0.6 mi away
• St Marks Disciples of Christ — 0.8 mi away
• Highways and Hedges Revival Center — 0.8 mi away
• The Sanctuary Of New Bern — 0.9 mi away
• Harvestime Pentecostal Church — 0.9 mi away
• Peletah Ministries — 1 mi away