First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap

First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap is a Baptist church at 198 Church Avenue in Pennington Gap, VA 24277. It is one of 12 churches in Pennington Gap, and one of 2 Baptist congregations in the city.

198 Church Avenue, Pennington Gap, VA, 24277

Phone: +1-276-546-2586 · Website: https://www.pgfb.org/

First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around First Baptist Church of Pennington Gap

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 80.7%
  • Obesity: 47.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 43.5% (28.8–58.2%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 31.5%
  • Diabetes: 21.2%
  • Social Isolation: 35.1%
  • Depression: 27.7%
  • Housing Insecurity: 20.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 16.0%
  • Unemployment: 7.9% (2.0–13.9%)

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

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