Light of the World

The community around Light of the World

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. About 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.

• Food Insecurity: 28.1%
• Unemployment: 14.4% (5.4–23.4%)
• Child Poverty: 38.7% (22.4–55.6%)
• Social Isolation: 34.0%
• Poverty Rate: 25.8% (17.6–34.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.8%
• Diabetes: 15.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.6%
• Obesity: 39.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.7% (7.7–19.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 13.2%

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

Greenville city is served by 93 churches — about one congregation for every 828 residents.

Churches near Light of the World

• Antioch Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Bethel Bible Missionary Church — 0.1 mi away
• United House of Prayer for All People — 0.2 mi away
• Christian Outreach Ministries Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• West Greenville Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Calvary Apostolic Church — 0.5 mi away
• Rushing Wind Church in the Streets — 0.5 mi away
• New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away