Butters, NC

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City Score 34 · Liberty · Bladen County · North Carolina

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Butters: common questions

What churches in Butters serve the community?

1 church and 1 ministry in Butters, NC are listed on JoyProject. Within 10 miles of Butters there are 75 more, including Bryant Swamp Church (1.2 mi), Round Branch Church (1.9 mi), and Big Bethel Church (2.1 mi).

How can I volunteer near Butters?

There are 293 volunteer opportunities with churches and ministries within 25 miles of Butters, NC in the next 30 days. The next one is My Refuge - Feeding and Clothing the Homeless with Burnt Swamp Church on Thursday, November 12. Pick one on JoyProject to see the details and sign up to serve.

What is Butters's City Score?

Butters, NC scores 34 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026: Condition 36 (the city from public data) and Movement 31 (how the church is moving). It is updated weekly, every number with its source.

City Score: Butters, NC

Butters, NC scores 34 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026. Condition 36 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 31 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

Condition: Partly North Carolina state-wide (3 of 4 indexes)

Read state-wide: North Carolina

State-wide for Grace, Marriage & family, and Liberty: the numbers for Given to local needs in Joy, Needs met in Joy, Volunteers mobilized in Joy, New believers in Joy, Searches for a church in Joy, Foster and adoptive families in the churches, Christian colleges and universities, Divorces, Marriages, Religious Liberty in the States score, Safeguards fully in law, State Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Anti-Christian hate crimes, School choice, Protections for the unborn, Homeschool freedom, and Tone of news coverage of Christianity are published for North Carolina as a whole, not by city, so every North Carolina city carries North Carolina's numbers.

North Carolina scores 35 out of 100, Liberty since Oct 2026 (Condition 37 · Movement 32).

These numbers change at the state. A petition started from any North Carolina city reaches North Carolina's officials, and North Carolina's own score moves with them.

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What's moving it

  • 11 prayer gatherings (Prayer, listed from church websites)
  • 53 ways to serve (Service, listed from church websites)
  • 56 gatherings (Gathering, listed from church websites)
  • 301 churches listed (Unity, listed from church websites)
  • 13 Bible studies (Discipleship, listed from church websites)

The condition of Butters, NC

  • What Butters is up against: 58 out of 100 — Better than 26% of cities, up 1 point
  • Where grace is growing: 52 out of 100 — Better than 97% of cities (North Carolina state-wide)
  • Marriage & family: 23 out of 100 — Better than 13% of cities, down 4 points (North Carolina state-wide)
  • Christian liberty: 25 out of 100 — Better than 15% of cities, up 3 points (North Carolina state-wide)

Christianity on the Move in Butters, NC

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable. Butters, NC rates 42 out of 100: Stirring across 7 of 8 areas.

  • The Church: 60, Stirring
  • The Family: 24, Divided
  • Education: 73, Grounded
  • Government: 19, Oppressive
  • Media: 44, Mixed
  • Arts & Entertainment: 42, Mixed
  • Business: 38, Tightfisted
  • Compassion: 34, Indifferent

Every measure behind Butters, NC's ratings

What takes Butters, NC to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 3 → 40
  • Unity: Unity 22 → 45
  • Prayer: Prayer 0 → 45
  • Discipleship: Discipleship 0 → 45

What affected it

  • This quarter: Adults 25-44 married down 12 percentile points (Marriage & family)
  • This quarter: Divorces down 10 percentile points (Marriage & family)
  • This quarter: Religious Liberty in the States score up 4 percentile points (Christian liberty)

Butters, NC over time

  • — Entered Liberty

The full City Score for Butters, NC, every indicator with its source

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