Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Payne Chapel 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. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Child Poverty: 61.9% (44.4–79.5%)
• Obesity: 45.5%
• Food Insecurity: 40.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
• Poverty Rate: 30.1% (18.6–41.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 29.6%
• Diabetes: 22.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.0% (13.7–28.2%)
• Social Isolation: 39.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.3%
• Unemployment: 11.2% (2.3–20.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.6%

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

Brunswick city is served by 62 churches — about one congregation for every 202 residents.

Churches near Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Spiritual Body Holiness Church — 0 mi away
• Saint Andrews Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Temple of Truth — 0.1 mi away
• Greater Jerusalem Missionary Church — 0.1 mi away
• Sanctified Holiness Church — 0.2 mi away
• Johnson's Temple First Born Church — 0.2 mi away
• Fishers of Men World Harvest Church — 0.2 mi away
• McKendree Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• First Jordan Grove Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away