Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

It takes 4.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 32.9%
• Food Insecurity: 22.1%
• Diabetes: 17.3%
• Obesity: 39.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
• Child Poverty: 25.0% (10.4–39.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.9%
• Poverty Rate: 17.8% (9.8–25.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%

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

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• High Hill Church — 1.5 mi away in Bishopville, SC
• Harmony Church — 2.3 mi away in Bethune, SC
• Mount Zion Church — 2.9 mi away in Bishopville, SC
• Catoe Church — 3.1 mi away in Bethune, SC
• Sandy Grove Church — 3.3 mi away in Bethune, SC
• New Hope Church — 3.4 mi away in Bishopville, SC
• Manhaven Church — 4 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Church — 4.2 mi away in Bethune, SC
• Concord Church — 4.7 mi away in Bishopville, SC
• Saint Matthews Church — 5.2 mi away in Bishopville, SC