The Upper Room Ministry

The community around The Upper Room Ministry

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

• Food Insecurity: 29.0%
• Obesity: 42.6%
• Social Isolation: 38.5%
• Child Poverty: 32.1% (14.2–50.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
• Poverty Rate: 26.2% (17.5–34.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.9%
• Diabetes: 17.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.4% (10.1–22.7%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.7%
• Unemployment: 6.2% (1.2–11.4%)

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

Churches near The Upper Room Ministry

• Victory Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Grace Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Beulah Hill Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Everett Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.5 mi away
• Friendship Holiness Church — 1.5 mi away
• Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• South Georgia Church of God Tabernacle — 1.5 mi away
• Hope Church of God Apostolic — 1.5 mi away
• South Georgia Church of God Guest Housing — 1.6 mi away
• Church-the Lord Jesus Christ — 1.7 mi away