Friendly Chapel Church

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The community around Friendly Chapel Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 47.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.0%
• Poverty Rate: 30.5% (19.7–41.4%)
• Food Insecurity: 28.7%
• Diabetes: 21.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
• Social Isolation: 38.8%
• Depression: 31.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.6%
• Child Poverty: 28.5% (9.8–47.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.2%

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

Beckley city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 347 residents.

Churches near Friendly Chapel Church

• United Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• New Saint Matthew African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Central Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Holiness Church of Jesus — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Paul Baptist Temple — 0.5 mi away
• Beckley United Pentecostal Church — 0.6 mi away
• Christ the King Anglican Church — 0.6 mi away
• Saint Marys United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away