Furnace Creek Church

The community around Furnace Creek Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 35.6% (16.5–54.7%)
• Social Isolation: 32.5%
• Diabetes: 16.2%
• Obesity: 36.7%
• Depression: 23.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.2%
• Poverty Rate: 19.4% (10.7–28.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 16.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Rocky Mount town is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 1,031 residents.

Churches near Furnace Creek Church

• Francis of Assisi Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Bedrock Church Franklin Co. — 0.6 mi away
• Tabernacle of Praise Church of Christ — 1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Rocky Mountain Presbyterian Church — 1.2 mi away
• Bethel AME Church — 1.2 mi away
• Faith Temple Church — 1.2 mi away
• Gabriel Church Services — 1.2 mi away
• Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Rocky Mount Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away