Silas Church

The community around Silas Church

It takes 3.1 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: 29.5%
• Diabetes: 21.4%
• Obesity: 42.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.4% (5.6–25.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
• Unemployment: 11.5% (2.4–20.6%)
• Social Isolation: 31.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.4%
• Poverty Rate: 21.7% (8.8–35.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Silas Church

• Eutaw Springs Church — 0.5 mi away
• Springhill Missionary Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Spring Hill Church — 0.9 mi away
• Anointed Light Church — 1.2 mi away
• Walnut Grove Church — 1.5 mi away
• Annointed Light Church — 2.2 mi away
• Mount Pisgah Church — 2.2 mi away
• Tabernacle Church — 2.2 mi away
• Unity Church — 2.7 mi away
• Church of the Epiphany Episcopal Church — 3.2 mi away