Friendship Church

Friendship Church is a church at 480 Arch Street in Athens, GA 30601. It is one of 119 churches in Athens.

480 Arch Street, Athens, GA, 30601

Website: https://www.efbchurch.org/

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The community around Friendship Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 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 the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 69.4% (51.3–87.5%)
  • Poverty Rate: 47.5% (35.5–59.5%)
  • Social Isolation: 43.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 38.9%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.1%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.8%
  • Diabetes: 16.5%
  • Obesity: 38.4%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.0%
  • Depression: 24.4%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.4% (7.0–21.9%)

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

Athens-Clarke County unified government (balance) is served by 88 churches — about one congregation for every 1,398 residents.

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