Sweet Canaan Church of God & Christ

The community around Sweet Canaan Church of God & Christ

It takes 5.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Child Poverty: 69.8%
• Obesity: 51.7%
• Social Isolation: 42.6%
• Food Insecurity: 42.2%
• Poverty Rate: 38.0% (28.0–48.0%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
• Diabetes: 24.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (6.7–16.4%)
• Unemployment: 7.8% (2.0–13.7%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Sweet Canaan Church of God & Christ

• Sweet Canaan Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 1.2 mi away
• Pine Grove Church — 3 mi away
• Lebanon Church — 3.1 mi away
• Shady Grove Church — 3.8 mi away
• Sweetwater Church — 4 mi away
• Gorden Chapel Church — 4.4 mi away
• Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away
• Rose Bank Church — 4.8 mi away
• Holly Grove Church — 4.7 mi away