Poplar Spring Church

The community around Poplar Spring Church

It takes 3.6 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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: 33.4%
• Obesity: 38.3%
• Depression: 25.7%
• Child Poverty: 25.4% (12.4–39.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.8%
• Food Insecurity: 18.6%
• Diabetes: 14.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Poplar Spring Church

• Poplar Springs Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Rocky River Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Wightman Church — 1.7 mi away
• Rocky Mount Church — 3.1 mi away
• Cappadocia Church — 3.6 mi away in Peachland, NC
• Jerusalem Church — 3.7 mi away in Peachland, NC
• Cedar Grove Church — 4 mi away
• Red Hill Church — 4.3 mi away
• Cottonville AME Zion Church — 4.5 mi away in Norwood, NC
• Hopewell Church — 4.8 mi away in Peachland, NC