Springfield Baptist Church

Springfield Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 550 Fourth Street in Athens, GA 30601. It is one of 119 churches in Athens, and one of 12 Baptist congregations in the city.

550 Fourth Street, Athens, GA, 30601

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

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The community around Springfield Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,100 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.

  • Social Isolation: 43.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.7% (24.1–47.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 25.2%
  • Unemployment: 10.4% (2.3–18.4%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
  • Depression: 24.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.0%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 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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