Gillis Chapel

The community around Gillis Chapel

It takes 3.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and about 1 in 7 adults live with diabetes, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.7% (11.5–25.9%)
• Diabetes: 16.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.3%
• Poverty Rate: 18.7% (8.1–29.3%)
• Unemployment: 6.9% (1.5–12.6%)

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

Churches near Gillis Chapel

• Eucheeanna Apostolic Church — 1 mi away
• Indian Creek Church — 1.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away
• Woodlawn Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away
• Euchee Valley Presbyterian Church — 3.7 mi away
• Resurrection Fellowship UMC - Defuniak Springs, FL — 3.8 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church — 3.9 mi away
• Saint Johns Church — 3.9 mi away
• East Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Argyle Church — 4.1 mi away