Church of the Cross
Church of the Cross is a church in Columbia, SC 29212. It is one of 423 churches in Columbia.
Columbia, SC, 29212Find Church of the Cross on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Church of the Cross
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.
- Unemployment: 20.3% (7.7–33.0%)
- Social Isolation: 34.8%
- Food Insecurity: 23.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (10.0–22.0%)
- Diabetes: 15.1%
- Obesity: 37.9%
- Depression: 24.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
- Poverty Rate: 20.0% (12.6–27.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Columbia city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 960 residents.
Churches near Church of the Cross
- Christus Victor Lutheran Church — 0.1 mi away
- Grace United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Riverland Hills Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Irmo, SC
- St. Simon & St. Jude Episcopal Church — 1 mi away in Irmo, SC
- Saint James Church — 1.1 mi away in Irmo, SC
- New Covenant Assembly — 1.3 mi away
- Saint Pauls Church — 1.3 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 1.3 mi away in Irmo, SC
- New Heights Church — 1.4 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 1.4 mi away