Galilee Church

The community around Galilee Church

It takes 6.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Obesity: 51.3%
• Social Isolation: 42.9%
• Food Insecurity: 40.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.4%
• Poverty Rate: 36.6% (23.7–49.5%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.9%
• Diabetes: 23.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
• Unemployment: 7.1% (0.1–15.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Galilee Church

• Newport Church — 1.7 mi away
• West Grove Church — 1.8 mi away
• Chestnut Ridge Church — 2.4 mi away
• Hickory Springs Church — 2.4 mi away
• Ebenezer Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Ebenezer Methodist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Cypress Chapel — 3.5 mi away
• Saint Peters Rock Church — 4.1 mi away
• Zion City Church — 4.3 mi away in Pickens, MS
• Mount Sinai Church — 4.5 mi away in Pickens, MS