St James Freewill Baptist Church

The community around St James Freewill Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 76.8% (57.4–96.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 49.5%
• Obesity: 46.6%
• Poverty Rate: 44.9% (29.0–60.8%)
• Social Isolation: 44.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 36.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 29.2%
• Diabetes: 26.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 25.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 23.0%
• Unemployment: 12.6% (1.8–23.5%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (8.5–20.7%)

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

Churches near St James Freewill Baptist Church

• Outreach Family Worship Center — 0.1 mi away
• Grants Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.1 mi away
• Union Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Mother Easter Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Kingdom Liberty Apostolic Church — 0.2 mi away in Valdosta, GA
• Nations Church — 0.2 mi away
• Williams Tabernacle Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Triumph Church — 0.2 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away