Gilgal Church

The community around Gilgal Church

It takes 3.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 25.7%
• Obesity: 41.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
• Child Poverty: 29.9% (19.9–39.8%)
• Depression: 26.7%
• Poverty Rate: 21.3% (15.8–26.7%)
• Diabetes: 13.5%
• Unemployment: 7.3% (3.2–11.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2022), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Gilgal Church

• Mahoning Church — 0.8 mi away
• Covenanter Church — 1.2 mi away
• Smyrna Church — 2.8 mi away
• Bethany Chapel — 3.1 mi away
• Presbyterian Church of Marion — 3.6 mi away
• First Methodist Church of Marion Center — 3.7 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Ambrose Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Zion Church — 5.2 mi away in Punxsutawney, PA
• Pine Church — 5.8 mi away in Rossiter, PA