A Point of Being Too Based for Most Human Comprehension

The community around A Point of Being Too Based for Most Human Comprehension

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults here carry depression, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 46.2%
• Depression: 33.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.0%
• Diabetes: 18.7%
• Social Isolation: 34.0%
• Child Poverty: 31.1% (16.2–48.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.8%
• Poverty Rate: 19.5% (11.5–27.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.0%
• Unemployment: 7.3% (2.0–12.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near A Point of Being Too Based for Most Human Comprehension

• South Parkersburg Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in parkersburg, WV
• Grace Brethren Church — 0.2 mi away
• South Parkersburg United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Broadway Gospel Mission — 0.4 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.6 mi away
• Broadway Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Broadway Church of the Nazarene — 0.7 mi away
• Southside Southern Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Tenth Avenue Church of God — 0.7 mi away
• Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away