Fortescue Chapel

The community around Fortescue Chapel

It takes 5.4 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 about 1 in 5 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.

• Social Isolation: 32.9%
• Obesity: 37.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.2%
• Food Insecurity: 15.9%
• Unemployment: 6.4% (2.2–10.6%)

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

Churches near Fortescue Chapel

• Newport United Methodist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Fellowship Baptist Church — 5.8 mi away in Cedarville, NJ
• Saint Anthonys Church — 6.6 mi away in Port Norris, NJ
• Port Norris Baptist Church — 7.2 mi away in Port Norris, NJ
• First Presbyterian Church of Cedarville — 7.2 mi away in Lawrence Twp, NJ
• New Hope Baptist Church — 7.4 mi away in Cedarville, NJ
• Shiloh Church — 7.7 mi away in Port Norris, NJ
• First United Methodist Church — 7.7 mi away in Port Norris, NJ
• Port Norris Methodist Church — 7.7 mi away in Port Norris, NJ
• Wesley Church — 7.8 mi away in Port Norris, NJ