Edwards Chapel Church

The community around Edwards Chapel Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 70.6% (52.7–88.5%)
• Poverty Rate: 41.3% (28.3–54.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
• Obesity: 44.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.6%
• Diabetes: 17.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (10.7–22.7%)
• Depression: 24.9%
• Unemployment: 7.6% (1.3–13.9%)

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

Marshall city is served by 50 churches — about one congregation for every 248 residents.

Churches near Edwards Chapel Church

• Holy Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• The Bridge Church — 0.3 mi away
• Hillcrest Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Hill Crest Church — 0.8 mi away
• Heart Dream Fellowship — 1 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Grandy Way Church of Christ — 1.1 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 1.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Marshall Church of Christ — 1.2 mi away