Lawson Chapel

The community around Lawson Chapel

It takes 2.6 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 here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Depression: 30.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.8%
• Diabetes: 16.9%
• Obesity: 39.6%
• Child Poverty: 29.7% (15.0–45.6%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.9% (12.8–26.9%)
• Unemployment: 7.6% (1.2–14.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Lawson Chapel

• Antioch Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Indian Creek Church — 1.1 mi away
• Nazarene Church — 1.5 mi away in Newport, TN
• Indian Creek Church — 1.6 mi away
• Reidtown Community Church — 1.6 mi away in Newport, TN
• Belmont Methodist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Mount Carmel Church — 1.7 mi away
• Swannsylvania Church — 2.1 mi away
• Open Door Union Church — 2.3 mi away in Newport, TN
• Bridges Chapel — 2.5 mi away