Sinking Creek Church

The community around Sinking Creek Church

It takes 4.1 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 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: 40.2%
• Social Isolation: 33.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
• Poverty Rate: 24.6% (15.4–33.8%)
• Diabetes: 16.7%
• Depression: 26.8%
• Food Insecurity: 16.7%

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

Churches near Sinking Creek Church

• Ervin Chapel — 1.7 mi away
• Buffalo Church — 1.9 mi away
• Buffalo Church — 2.3 mi away
• Sebras Chapel — 2.5 mi away in Nickelsville, VA
• Wells Chapel — 2.9 mi away in Nickelsville, VA
• Bakers Ridge Church — 3.1 mi away
• Mountain View Church — 3.2 mi away
• Brick Church — 3.3 mi away
• Fincastle Church — 3.7 mi away
• Castle Run Church — 3.7 mi away