Sunshine Church

The community around Sunshine Church

It takes 5.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Social Isolation: 36.3%
• Depression: 28.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
• Food Insecurity: 21.4%
• Diabetes: 15.1%
• Obesity: 39.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
• Child Poverty: 23.9% (12.3–36.1%)
• Poverty Rate: 17.7% (10.9–24.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%
• Unemployment: 7.5% (2.8–12.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Sunshine Church

• Alto Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Poplar Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.7 mi away
• Saint Luke Church — 1.8 mi away
• Orange Hill Church — 2.8 mi away
• Little Creek Church — 2.9 mi away
• Saint Joe Church — 3 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 3.3 mi away
• Holly Grove Church — 3.5 mi away
• Antioch Church — 3.7 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 3.8 mi away