Newberry A.M.E. Church

The community around Newberry A.M.E. Church

It takes 5.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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.

• Obesity: 40.1%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.6%
• Food Insecurity: 21.1%
• Diabetes: 17.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.2% (10.8–21.5%)
• Poverty Rate: 21.2% (12.8–29.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%
• Unemployment: 6.8% (1.2–12.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Newberry A.M.E. Church

• First Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Jakin, GA
• Saint Matthews Church — 2.6 mi away
• Jakin Church of God — 2.7 mi away in Jakin, GA
• Jakin United Methodist Church — 2.8 mi away in Jakin, GA
• Oakview Church of God — 2.8 mi away
• Saint Johns Church — 3.5 mi away
• Jakin Freewill Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away in Jakin, GA
• Midway Missionary Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away in Jakin, GA
• Jerusalem Church — 4 mi away
• Mount Nebo Church — 4.3 mi away