Damascus Church

The community around Damascus Church

It takes 4.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about 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.

• Child Poverty: 46.8% (28.8–64.8%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.6%
• Food Insecurity: 31.0%
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Obesity: 42.6%
• Social Isolation: 38.5%
• Poverty Rate: 27.2% (15.7–38.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
• Unemployment: 10.3% (3.0–17.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (6.7–19.4%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Damascus Church

• Hopewell Church — 1.2 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 2.5 mi away
• Moriah Primitive Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Fort Deposit, AL
• Holiness Church Of God — 3.6 mi away in Fort Deposit, AL
• Allen Chapel — 3.6 mi away
• Lighthouse Pentecostal Church — 3.9 mi away
• Antioch Church — 4.3 mi away
• Pine Top Church — 4.6 mi away
• Antioch East Church — 4.7 mi away
• Fort Deposit Methodist Church — 4.7 mi away in Fort Deposit, AL