Church of the Good Shepherd

The community around Church of the Good Shepherd

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 65.4% (43.9–82.1%)
• Obesity: 50.4%
• Poverty Rate: 41.6% (28.6–54.6%)
• Social Isolation: 40.9%
• Food Insecurity: 40.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.6%
• Diabetes: 20.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.8%
• Depression: 24.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.9% (7.9–21.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
• Unemployment: 6.0% (1.9–11.5%)

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

Montgomery city is served by 208 churches — about one congregation for every 892 residents.

Churches near Church of the Good Shepherd

• Hutchinson Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Jackson Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Capitol City Church Of God In Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Ross Street Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Hale Street Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Congregational Church — 0.3 mi away
• Maggie Street Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Hilliard African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Mark Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away