Damascus Church

The community around Damascus Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about 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: 40.4%
• Social Isolation: 35.5%
• Child Poverty: 32.2% (15.8–48.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.3%
• Food Insecurity: 22.5%
• Diabetes: 16.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
• Poverty Rate: 21.8% (13.0–30.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Damascus Church

• Church of The Way — 1.5 mi away
• New Hope Church — 1.7 mi away
• Faith Presbyterian Church — 2 mi away
• Central Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Corinth Church — 2.2 mi away
• Green Church — 2.2 mi away
• Halbert Heights Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Northview Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Hawkins Chapel — 2.5 mi away
• Pleasant Valley Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away