Shorts Creek Church of God

The community around Shorts Creek Church of God

It takes 3.2 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 of adults say they are socially isolated, 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.

• Obesity: 41.5%
• Social Isolation: 33.8%
• Diabetes: 15.3%
• Depression: 26.5%
• Child Poverty: 25.8% (9.3–42.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
• Poverty Rate: 16.2% (7.9–24.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 15.4%

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

Churches near Shorts Creek Church of God

• Round Knob Church — 1 mi away
• Pine Grove Church — 1.4 mi away
• Church of God of Prophecy — 2.6 mi away
• Pleasant View Church — 2.9 mi away
• Pickett Chapel — 3.1 mi away in Max Meadows, VA
• Little Vine Church — 3.1 mi away in Hillsville, VA
• Charity Church — 3.2 mi away in Max Meadows, VA
• Flatwoods Church of God — 3.4 mi away
• Woodlawn Church of God — 3.4 mi away
• Resurrected Grace Worship Center — 3.4 mi away