Canaan Church

The community around Canaan Church

It takes 5.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 7 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.

• Social Isolation: 32.1%
• Food Insecurity: 21.6%
• Diabetes: 16.5%
• Unemployment: 9.7% (2.2–17.4%)
• Obesity: 38.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 15.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 8 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Canaan Church

• Branchville Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Wilson Chapel — 0.5 mi away
• Branchville church of God — 0.5 mi away
• Branchville United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Faith Deliverance Healing Ministries Of Orangeburg — 0.7 mi away
• Branchville Christian Church — 0.7 mi away
• Bethel Church — 0.7 mi away
• Branchville United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Zion AME Church — 1.1 mi away
• Sardis Church — 1.3 mi away