Saint Matthews Church of God

The community around Saint Matthews Church of God

It takes 4.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 25.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 20.2% (14.2–26.1%)
• Obesity: 41.7%
• Social Isolation: 37.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.9%
• Diabetes: 16.6%
• Poverty Rate: 19.1% (9.1–29.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Matthews Church of God

• Rocky Creek Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Hardens Chapel United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Spring Hill Church — 2 mi away
• Edmond Chapel Church of God — 2.9 mi away
• South Thompson Baptist Church — 3 mi away in Vidalia, GA
• New Branch Church — 4.6 mi away
• Sharpes Chapel — 4.5 mi away
• Cobb Creek Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away
• Hammond Church — 4.9 mi away
• Center Church — 5 mi away in Vidalia, GA