The Meeting Place Church of Greater Columbia

The Meeting Place Church of Greater Columbia is a church at 201 Columbia Mall Road, Columbia, SC, 29223 in SC 29223.

to "transform, equip, and empower" individuals and the community, drawing from biblical principles.

The Meeting Place Church is a prominent non-denominational Christian congregation based in Columbia, South Carolina, founded on February 6, 2000, by Bishop Eric J. Freeman, Ph.D., and First Lady Coleen McLennon-Freeman, beginning with humble worship services in a high school classroom equipped only with a barstool and a Bible.

Serving since 2000

201 Columbia Mall Road, Columbia, SC, 29223, SC, 29223

Website: https://www.themeetingplacechurch.org/

Ministries at The Meeting Place Church of Greater Columbia

  • Food Bank
  • Youth Development
  • Intercessory Prayer
  • Media Production
  • Global Outreach

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The community around The Meeting Place Church of Greater Columbia

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is 2,200 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 28.2%
  • Diabetes: 19.3%
  • Obesity: 40.3%
  • Social Isolation: 35.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.5%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
  • Child Poverty: 24.9% (8.0–42.6%)
  • Poverty Rate: 18.7% (10.5–26.9%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (7.8–21.3%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.9%
  • Unemployment: 6.0% (2.0–10.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

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