Bear Swamp Church

The community around Bear Swamp Church

It takes 3.8 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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 46.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.6%
• Food Insecurity: 30.2%
• Diabetes: 21.9%
• Child Poverty: 34.6% (21.8–47.4%)
• Social Isolation: 33.8%
• Poverty Rate: 29.6% (20.5–38.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (8.3–18.1%)

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

Churches near Bear Swamp Church

• First Baptist Church of Lake View — 1.3 mi away
• Lake View United Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Turner Chapel — 1.6 mi away in Marietta, NC
• Bethlehem Apostolic Church — 1.7 mi away
• Union Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.8 mi away
• Ebenezer Baptist Church — 2 mi away in Marietta, NC
• Miracle Temple Family Fellowship — 2.1 mi away
• New Zion Church — 2.8 mi away
• Oakdale Church — 3.2 mi away in Fairmont, NC
• True Evidence Ministries of Lake View — 3.3 mi away