Gaines Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Gaines Chapel African Methodist Episcopal 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: 49.1%
• Social Isolation: 42.2%
• Food Insecurity: 40.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.0%
• Poverty Rate: 35.3% (21.6–49.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
• Diabetes: 22.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.5% (12.2–30.9%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 20.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
• Unemployment: 10.1% (2.0–18.2%)
• Child Poverty: 27.4% (11.8–42.9%)

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 Gaines Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Waycross Seventh-day Adventist Church — 0.2 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.2 mi away
• Church of Christ Written In Heaven — 0.2 mi away
• Morton Avenue Baptist Mission — 0.3 mi away
• Congregational First Born Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Olive Chapel Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Community Holiness Church — 0.3 mi away
• King Solomon Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
• Friendship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away