Good Shepherd Church

The community around Good Shepherd Church

It takes 2.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 25.3%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Obesity: 44.0%
• Social Isolation: 32.5%
• Child Poverty: 30.2% (13.3–47.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
• Poverty Rate: 21.7% (11.7–31.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (4.2–21.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Good Shepherd Church

• Jehovah Church — 0.8 mi away
• Sumter Chapel — 1.2 mi away in St Stephen, SC
• Triumphant Church of Christ — 1.4 mi away in St Stephen, SC
• Bethel Church — 1.5 mi away in St Stephen, SC
• Saint Peter Church — 1.6 mi away
• Lamb of God Free Will Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away in St Stephen, SC
• Holy Trinity Church — 1.9 mi away in St Stephen, SC
• Dingle Temple Church — 1.9 mi away in St Stephen, SC
• Saint Paul Church — 2.5 mi away in St Stephen, SC
• Full Gospel Mission Church — 2.6 mi away