Freedom Community Church

The community around Freedom Community Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 49.6%
• Social Isolation: 42.1%
• Food Insecurity: 41.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.7%
• Poverty Rate: 36.6% (22.8–50.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 31.0%
• Diabetes: 23.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.7% (11.0–28.4%)
• Unemployment: 10.6% (2.0–19.2%)
• Child Poverty: 27.8% (12.2–43.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Waycross city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 161 residents.

Churches near Freedom Community Church

• Central Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• First Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
• Waycross Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
• Grace Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Josephs Roman Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• First Assembly of God Church — 0.2 mi away
• Victory Chapel Christian Fellowship Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away