Mount Zion Baptist Church

The community around Mount Zion Baptist Church

It takes 6.7 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 nearly a quarter 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: 32.0%
• Food Insecurity: 27.6%
• Diabetes: 22.7%
• Obesity: 43.0%
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Child Poverty: 31.2% (12.6–49.8%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.4% (10.2–24.6%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
• Poverty Rate: 18.0% (10.3–25.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
• Unemployment: 7.7% (0.7–14.7%)

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 Mount Zion Baptist Church

• Saint Johns Church — 2.9 mi away
• Saint Pauls Church — 3.1 mi away
• Morris Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Morris, GA
• Morris Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away
• Union United Methodist Church — 4.1 mi away
• Trinity Chapel Church — 4.3 mi away in Georgetown, GA
• Green Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away
• Hopewell Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away
• Shady Grove AME Church — 5.4 mi away
• Bethel Church — 5.9 mi away