Blackwell Church

The community around Blackwell Church

It takes 3.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 41.7%
• Social Isolation: 34.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
• Food Insecurity: 23.0%
• Diabetes: 16.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Child Poverty: 22.2% (9.7–37.3%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.8% (13.8–25.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

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

Churches near Blackwell Church

• Cedar Grove Church — 0.7 mi away
• Mineral Spring Church — 3.2 mi away in Pelham, NC
• Graves Chapel — 3.3 mi away
• New Ephesus Church — 3.8 mi away in Ruffin, NC
• Bethesda Church — 3.9 mi away in Ruffin, NC
• Union Church — 4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Yanceyville Presbyterian Church — 4.2 mi away
• Pearson Chapel — 4.5 mi away
• Caswell Bible Fellowship — 4.6 mi away in Blanch, NC