Mount Olive Church

The community around Mount Olive Church

It takes 7.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
• Food Insecurity: 27.2%
• Diabetes: 20.7%
• Obesity: 42.2%
• Social Isolation: 38.3%
• Poverty Rate: 25.3% (14.8–35.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.1% (8.4–23.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.7%
• Unemployment: 7.7% (1.1–15.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 7 census tracts near this church.

Webster County unified government is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 117 residents.

Churches near Mount Olive Church

• Green Point Church — 2.2 mi away
• Parrott Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in Parrott, GA
• Jackson Grove Church — 2.6 mi away in Parrott, GA
• Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Parrott, GA
• Turner Chapel AME Church — 3.2 mi away in Dawson, GA
• Pierce Chapel — 3.5 mi away in Dawson, GA
• Macedonia Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 4.3 mi away in Dawson, GA
• Rural Hill Church — 4.7 mi away
• Sand Hill Church — 5 mi away in Dawson, GA