Morris Baptist Church

Morris Baptist Church is a church in Morris, GA.

From a two-room building on Morris Street, Morris Street Baptist Church emerged as the "Mother Church among Negro Baptists" in The Low Country of South Carolina on May 9, 1865.

Elevator · Part of Charleston County Missionary Baptist Association

Morris, GA

Website: https://www.morrisstreetbaptist.org/

Morris Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

Ministries at Morris Baptist Church

  • Food Bank
  • Social Butterflies

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The community around Morris Baptist Church

It takes 6.3 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: 31.5%
  • Diabetes: 23.3%
  • Obesity: 44.5%
  • Social Isolation: 38.3%
  • Child Poverty: 31.2% (12.6–49.8%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 21.5% (12.3–30.7%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (6.9–18.2%)
  • Unemployment: 8.0% (0.8–15.3%)

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

Churches near Morris Baptist Church

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