Free Welcome Church

The community around Free Welcome Church

It takes 4.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line, 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.

• Poverty Rate: 34.1% (22.3–46.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
• Food Insecurity: 30.4%
• Diabetes: 21.6%
• Obesity: 42.4%
• Social Isolation: 33.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.7%

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

Churches near Free Welcome Church

• Wanamaker Church — 2.5 mi away
• Williams Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 2.9 mi away
• Nichols Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• First Friendship Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Nichols United Methodist Church — 3 mi away
• Floyds Church — 3 mi away
• Hill Chapel — 3.6 mi away
• Hills Chapel Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Friendship Church — 3.8 mi away
• Cedar Creek Church — 4.3 mi away