Damascus Church

The community around Damascus Church

It takes 5.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 46.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.0%
• Food Insecurity: 34.1%
• Unemployment: 22.1% (6.7–37.6%)
• Diabetes: 21.0%
• Child Poverty: 37.6% (21.2–54.0%)
• Social Isolation: 36.6%
• Poverty Rate: 28.2% (18.0–38.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.2% (8.1–22.3%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
• Depression: 26.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%

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

Churches near Damascus Church

• Second Bethlehem Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Damascus Church — 1.5 mi away
• Douglas Chapel United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Hoomesville Church of Christ — 3.2 mi away
• Saint James Church — 3.8 mi away
• First Marietta Church — 4.8 mi away in Andalusia, AL
• Elim Baptist Church — 5.4 mi away in Andalusia, AL
• Shady Grove Church — 6 mi away
• Second Shady Grove Baptist Church — 6.2 mi away
• May Creek United Methodist Church — 7 mi away