Southside Springfield Baptist Church

The community around Southside Springfield Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 85.2%
• Social Isolation: 42.5%
• Food Insecurity: 36.6%
• Poverty Rate: 33.6% (20.2–47.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 29.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.0% (11.8–30.3%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.4%
• Diabetes: 17.0%
• Unemployment: 8.9% (3.8–14.1%)
• Obesity: 39.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%

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

Atlanta city is served by 310 churches — about one congregation for every 1,580 residents.

Churches near Southside Springfield Baptist Church

• The Beloved Community Church of Atlanta — 0.1 mi away
• Mount Mariah Primitive Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Antioch Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Iconium Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Bethany Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Early Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• Ariel Bowen United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church and Kingdom of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• New Hope Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away