Shady Grove Baptist Church

The community around Shady Grove Baptist 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 a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Social Isolation: 40.9%
• Food Insecurity: 35.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.2%
• Poverty Rate: 30.9% (17.8–44.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 27.4%
• Diabetes: 20.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.8% (9.9–25.8%)
• Unemployment: 9.6% (1.6–17.6%)
• Obesity: 39.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%

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

Atlanta city is served by 310 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.

Churches near Shady Grove Baptist Church

• Green Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Sylvan Hills Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Calvary Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Pathway-Upper Room Christian Ministries — 0.4 mi away
• Atlanta Hope Center — 0.5 mi away
• Capitol View Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.7 mi away
• Rice Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• YHWH Global Ministries — 0.8 mi away in East Point, GA
• Impact Church — 1 mi away in East Point, GA