Glen Ferris Apostolic Church

The community around Glen Ferris Apostolic Church

It takes 2.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
• Diabetes: 18.5%
• Obesity: 41.6%
• Social Isolation: 35.8%
• Depression: 30.4%
• Poverty Rate: 26.5% (17.9–35.1%)
• Child Poverty: 25.6% (9.0–42.1%)
• Food Insecurity: 19.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.0%
• Unemployment: 7.5% (2.2–12.9%)

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

Churches near Glen Ferris Apostolic Church

• Scrabble Creek Church — 1.3 mi away
• Bailey Memorial Church — 1.4 mi away
• Gauley Bridge Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Cane Branch Church — 2.6 mi away
• Huddleston Memorial Church — 2.7 mi away
• Deepwater Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in Deep Water, WV
• Gum Springs Church — 3.8 mi away
• Saint Anthonys Church — 4 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 4.5 mi away in Smithers, WV
• Eagle Church — 4.9 mi away in Montgomery, WV