Old Mercer Chapel

The community around Old Mercer Chapel

It takes 4.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.2% (14.0–28.4%)
• Social Isolation: 37.8%
• Food Insecurity: 20.2%
• Diabetes: 15.4%
• Obesity: 37.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (1.7–12.2%)

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

Churches near Old Mercer Chapel

• Penfield Presbyterian Church — 0 mi away
• Penfield Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Sanders Chapel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Shiloh Church — 2.3 mi away in Greensboro, GA
• Boswell Chapel Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in Greensboro, GA
• Mt Zion Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away in Greensboro, GA
• Mount Zion Church — 3.6 mi away
• Saint Paul Baptist Church — 4 mi away in Woodville, GA
• Bairds Church — 4.3 mi away
• Celebration Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away in Greensboro, GA