Near River Church

The community around Near River Church

It takes 5.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about 1 in 5 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.

• Food Insecurity: 30.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.0%
• Diabetes: 20.8%
• Obesity: 45.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
• Unemployment: 9.0% (4.0–14.1%)
• Poverty Rate: 20.5% (11.8–29.2%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (8.0–17.3%)

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

Churches near Near River Church

• Smyrna Church — 2.3 mi away in Allendale, SC
• Sweet Bethel Church — 2.8 mi away in Allendale, SC
• St Mark Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away in Allendale, SC
• Saint Marks Church — 3.8 mi away in Allendale, SC
• Saint James Church — 3.8 mi away
• Saint James Church — 4 mi away
• Emanuel Church — 4.3 mi away in Brunson, SC
• Trinity Church — 4.6 mi away
• Saint Lukes Church — 4.7 mi away
• Beech Branch Church — 4.8 mi away