Forward Ministries

The community around Forward Ministries

It takes 3.1 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: 42.2%
• Social Isolation: 35.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
• Depression: 28.1%
• Diabetes: 17.4%
• Food Insecurity: 18.8%
• Unemployment: 7.6% (0.2–16.4%)

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

Churches near Forward Ministries

• Litz Chapel — 0.3 mi away
• Stoney Ridge Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Brown Church — 2 mi away
• Grassy Spur Church — 2.3 mi away in Bandy, VA
• Riverside Community Church — 2.6 mi away
• Dick Creek Church — 3.1 mi away
• Blacks Presbyterian Church — 3.2 mi away
• Dailey Chapel — 3.3 mi away
• Tazewell Family Worship Center — 3.4 mi away
• Calvary Baptist Chapel — 3.4 mi away