Melina Church

The community around Melina Church

It takes 3.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 30.7%
• Social Isolation: 39.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
• Obesity: 37.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
• Diabetes: 13.4%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Melina Church

• Sardinia Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
• Ebenezer Church — 2.1 mi away
• Gamble Chapel — 2.7 mi away
• New Zion Church — 4.3 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 4.5 mi away in Turbeville, SC
• Howard Chapel — 4.6 mi away
• New Harmony Church — 4.6 mi away in Alcolu, SC
• Harmony Church — 4.9 mi away in Alcolu, SC
• Holiness Church — 5 mi away in Turbeville, SC
• Hickory Grove Church — 5.3 mi away in Turbeville, SC