United Church of Christ

United Church of Christ is a church in Beckley, WV 25801. It is one of 96 churches in Beckley.

Beckley, WV, 25801

United Church of Christ is part of the Congregational family of churches in The American Church Story. 4 congregations of the Congregational family gather across West Virginia — 2,948 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Congregational churches planted the first colleges in America — Harvard and Yale began as their ministers' training grounds — and launched the modern foreign-mission movement from a New England haystack. Their conviction that a gathered congregation can govern itself under Christ is now shared by most churches in the country.

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The community around United Church of Christ

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: 48.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.4%
  • Poverty Rate: 31.8% (20.7–42.9%)
  • Food Insecurity: 29.6%
  • Diabetes: 21.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
  • Social Isolation: 39.0%
  • Depression: 31.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 21.2%
  • Child Poverty: 28.5% (9.8–47.2%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.7%

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.

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