Beckley Praise Church

The community around Beckley Praise 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. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.

• Obesity: 43.3%
• Social Isolation: 37.9%
• Depression: 30.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
• Poverty Rate: 25.4% (13.0–37.8%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.1%
• Diabetes: 17.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
• Child Poverty: 26.9% (7.4–46.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 15.9%

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

Churches near Beckley Praise Church

• Calloway Heights Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church of North Beckley — 0.3 mi away
• I Heart Church — 0.3 mi away
• Fellowship Bible Church — 0.4 mi away
• Calloway Heights Community Church — 0.4 mi away
• Church of God — 0.4 mi away
• Sprague Freewill Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Teel Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Welcome Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Redemption Church — 0.5 mi away