H.j. Echols Memorial Tabernacle

H.j. Echols Memorial Tabernacle is a Missionary Baptist church at 1120 H J Echols Dr in Waycross, GA 31501-5408. It is one of 163 churches in Waycross, and one of 2 Missionary Baptist congregations in the city.

1120 H J Echols Dr, Waycross, GA, 31501-5408

Phone: +19122836976 · Website: https://www.raingememorialchapelinc.com/obituaries/frank-jones

Shares a ministry location with First Born Sanctified Church.

H.j. Echols Memorial Tabernacle is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 5,867 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Georgia — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around H.j. Echols Memorial Tabernacle

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

  • Obesity: 49.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 41.5%
  • Social Isolation: 41.0%
  • Poverty Rate: 39.2% (27.4–51.0%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.2%
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.1%
  • Diabetes: 25.7%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.4%
  • Unemployment: 12.0% (3.2–20.9%)
  • Child Poverty: 31.6% (13.6–49.6%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 20.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.4% (6.1–18.6%)

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

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