Morris Baptist Church

The community around Morris Baptist Church

It takes 6.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
• Food Insecurity: 31.8%
• Diabetes: 23.3%
• Obesity: 44.6%
• Social Isolation: 38.3%
• Child Poverty: 31.2% (12.6–49.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
• Poverty Rate: 21.8% (12.5–31.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.1% (6.6–17.6%)
• Unemployment: 7.9% (0.8–15.1%)

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

Georgetown-Quitman County unified government is served by 12 churches — about one congregation for every 181 residents.

Churches near Morris Baptist Church

• Morris Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away in Morris, GA
• Saint Johns Church — 0.9 mi away
• Trinity Chapel Church — 2.4 mi away in Georgetown, GA
• Mount Zion Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away
• Bethel Church — 3.9 mi away
• Shorter Chapel — 4.2 mi away
• Beauchamp Chapel — 4.4 mi away
• Springvale Methodist Church — 4.5 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away
• Shiloh Church — 4.6 mi away