Canaan Baptist Church

Canaan Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1834 South Murray Avenue in Anderson, SC 29624. It is one of 217 churches in Anderson, and one of 60 Baptist congregations in the city.

1834 South Murray Avenue, Anderson, SC, 29624

Canaan Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at Canaan Baptist Church

  • Trustees
  • Deaconess
  • Pastor's Aid Ministry
  • Nursing Home Ministry
  • Youth Ministry
  • Sunday School Department
  • ECCHO - Edgefield County Churches Helping Others
  • Choir Ministry
  • Musicians

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The community around Canaan Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 62.3% (44.0–80.6%)
  • Obesity: 49.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 46.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 36.2% (23.4–48.9%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 31.5%
  • Diabetes: 25.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.2%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.2% (15.7–28.7%)
  • Social Isolation: 39.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
  • Unemployment: 10.8% (4.6–17.2%)
  • Depression: 26.3%

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

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