Shelton Mission

The community around Shelton Mission

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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, 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.

• Obesity: 40.1%
• Depression: 29.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
• Diabetes: 15.7%
• Social Isolation: 29.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (6.2–18.1%)

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

Churches near Shelton Mission

• Greystone Freewill Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Mount Tabor Church — 2.1 mi away
• Old Mountain Road Church — 2.1 mi away
• Gethsemane Church — 2.1 mi away
• Mountain View Church — 2.4 mi away
• Red Hill Church — 3.1 mi away
• Harris Memorial Church — 3.2 mi away
• Zion Church — 3.9 mi away
• Crossroads Fellowship Church — 3.9 mi away
• Union Chapel — 4.2 mi away