Guiding Star Holy Church

The community around Guiding Star Holy Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 48.9%
• Food Insecurity: 38.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.4%
• Diabetes: 21.4%
• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
• Poverty Rate: 25.2% (12.5–37.9%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%

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

Goldsboro city is served by 61 churches — about one congregation for every 522 residents.

Churches near Guiding Star Holy Church

• New Saint John African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• First African Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Stoney Hill Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Andrews Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• The Place of Refuge Ministries — 0.4 mi away
• Faith United Holy Church — 0.5 mi away
• Goldsboro Chapel Free Will Church — 0.5 mi away
• Upper Room Church — 0.5 mi away
• St Luke Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
• Branch Church — 0.6 mi away