Smith Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Smith Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 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 nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 51.3%
• Food Insecurity: 45.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 33.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.6%
• Diabetes: 23.9%
• Social Isolation: 38.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.7%
• Poverty Rate: 26.7% (15.6–37.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.2%
• Unemployment: 8.2% (1.8–14.8%)
• Child Poverty: 26.5% (19.3–38.2%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (5.2–19.8%)

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

Spartanburg city is served by 75 churches — about one congregation for every 514 residents.

Churches near Smith Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• New Bethel FBH Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Covenant Community Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Life Ministries — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Nebo Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bunton Institutional CME Church — 0.3 mi away
• Covenant Apostolics of The Upstate — 0.3 mi away
• Arch Street Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Church of God — 0.4 mi away
• Greater New Zion Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away