Piney Grove Ame Church

The community around Piney Grove Ame Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 41.5%
• Social Isolation: 32.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.5%
• Food Insecurity: 24.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.2% (11.3–25.1%)
• Depression: 26.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.4%
• Poverty Rate: 16.9% (9.5–24.4%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.4%
• Diabetes: 14.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.6%

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

Churches near Piney Grove Ame Church

• Hillcrest Church — 0.5 mi away
• Iglesia de Dios Pentecostal M.I. Gaston SC — 1.1 mi away
• New Hope Worship Center — 1.1 mi away
• Community Church — 1.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Gaston — 1.4 mi away
• Sandy Run Church — 1.4 mi away
• Iglesia Cristiana de Uncion y Avivamiento Pentecostes — 1.6 mi away
• International Praise Gaston — 1.6 mi away
• The Home Church — 2.3 mi away
• Athens Church — 2.3 mi away in Swansea, SC