Union Chapel Evangelistic Church

The community around Union Chapel Evangelistic Church

It takes 3.2 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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: 48.1%
• Social Isolation: 42.1%
• Food Insecurity: 34.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.7%
• Diabetes: 20.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.8% (10.7–22.9%)
• Unemployment: 9.5% (3.7–15.4%)
• Poverty Rate: 21.5% (10.6–32.5%)

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

Macon-Bibb County is served by 118 churches — about one congregation for every 1,326 residents.

Churches near Union Chapel Evangelistic Church

• Ocmulgee Church — 0.2 mi away
• Grace Nation Christian Church — 2 mi away in Macon, GA
• Lanier Heights Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Macon, GA
• Greater Overcoming Faith Ministries — 2.4 mi away in Dry Branch, GA
• Wheeler Heights Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away in Macon, GA
• Stone Creek Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Faith Church — 3.7 mi away
• Faith Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Macon, GA
• Dry Branch Church — 3.8 mi away
• Swift Creek Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away