Sykes Church

The community around Sykes Church

It takes 5.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, 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.

• Obesity: 46.6%
• Food Insecurity: 26.5%
• Diabetes: 18.6%
• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
• Poverty Rate: 18.7% (10.8–26.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.4%

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

Churches near Sykes Church

• Crossroad Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.5 mi away
• Saint Mark Church of God in Christ — 1.5 mi away
• New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Third Union Missionary Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Greenwood Church — 2.2 mi away
• Mennonite Church — 3 mi away
• Shady Grove Church — 3.4 mi away
• Chandler Grove Church — 3.6 mi away
• Paines Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Lee Church — 4.3 mi away