Morning Star Ministries

The community around Morning Star Ministries

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 44.2%
• Social Isolation: 34.5%
• Food Insecurity: 24.4%
• Diabetes: 17.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.1%
• Poverty Rate: 16.7% (8.0–25.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (0.1–13.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Morning Star Ministries

• Northwood Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
• Palmetto Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in Florence, SC
• Dominion Church — 1.2 mi away
• Lighthouse Church — 1.4 mi away
• Cherry Grove MBC — 1.7 mi away
• New Harvest Presbyterian Church — 1.8 mi away in Florence, SC
• Bethea Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• New Life Christian Fellowship — 2.2 mi away in Florence, SC
• Wayside Chapel — 2.3 mi away in Florence, SC
• New Hope Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away in Florence, SC