Great Marsh Church

The community around Great Marsh Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 47.7%
• Child Poverty: 42.7% (31.2–54.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.1%
• Poverty Rate: 31.1%
• Food Insecurity: 29.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.4%
• Diabetes: 18.6%
• Social Isolation: 32.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
• Unemployment: 7.0% (3.1–10.8%)

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

Churches near Great Marsh Church

• St Pauls United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
• French Church — 1.4 mi away
• Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• The Life Center — 1.5 mi away
• Faith Assembly of God — 1.6 mi away
• New Hope Gospel Church — 1.8 mi away in Saint Pauls, NC
• Solid Rock Church — 1.9 mi away
• Cedar Grove Church — 2.4 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Church — 2.5 mi away
• Antioch Church — 3.2 mi away