Richards Church

The community around Richards Church

It takes 2.9 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: 33.0%
• Obesity: 39.4%
• Depression: 24.8%
• Child Poverty: 23.0% (7.5–39.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
• Food Insecurity: 18.1%
• Diabetes: 14.2%
• Unemployment: 7.4% (2.5–12.4%)

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

Churches near Richards Church

• Greater Gospel Lighthouse Church — 0.2 mi away
• Green Lake Church — 0.5 mi away in Ellerbe, NC
• Lee Thee AME Zion Church — 1.6 mi away
• Lathea Church — 1.6 mi away
• Macedonia Church Of God — 1.8 mi away in Ellerbe, NC
• Mt Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Macedonia Church Of God — 1.8 mi away in Ellerbe, NC
• Mt Zion United Church of Christ — 2.2 mi away
• Beaver Dam Church — 2.2 mi away
• Rourks Church — 2.2 mi away in Ellerbe, NC