Shady Grove AME Church

The community around Shady Grove AME Church

It takes 4.2 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 nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 47.6%
• Child Poverty: 47.2% (31.3–63.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 34.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.2%
• Diabetes: 21.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.0%
• Social Isolation: 39.3%
• Poverty Rate: 24.9% (16.8–33.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 24.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.9% (10.6–25.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%

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 Shady Grove AME Church

• Berry Chapel Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Saint Pauls Church — 3.3 mi away
• Georgetown Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away
• Georgetown United Methodist — 3.5 mi away in Georgetown, GA
• First Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away in Georgetown, GA
• Georgetown Church of Christ — 3.5 mi away in Georgetown, GA
• First Assembly of God — 4.7 mi away in Eufaula, AL
• Eufaula Seventh-day Adventist — 4.7 mi away in Eufaula, AL
• Calvary Baptist Church — 4.7 mi away in Eufaula, AL
• Brown Memorial Church of God In Christ — 4.7 mi away in Eufaula, AL