Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 51.3%
• Obesity: 49.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 35.1%
• Poverty Rate: 33.5% (21.5–45.6%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.2%
• Diabetes: 25.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 25.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.9%
• Social Isolation: 37.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.8%
• Unemployment: 7.8% (1.9–13.8%)

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

Greenwood city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 625 residents.

Churches near Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Tabernacle Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Morris Chapel Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Dunham Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• The Salvation Army of Greenwood — 0.3 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
• Higher Dimensions Apostolic Deliverance Temple — 0.5 mi away
• Episcopal Church of the Resurrection — 0.5 mi away
• Immanuel Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
• Main Street United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Weston Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away