Church of God

The community around Church of God

It takes 5.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Unemployment: 12.8% (2.9–22.7%)
• Social Isolation: 33.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
• Food Insecurity: 24.8%
• Diabetes: 17.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.1% (6.8–27.4%)
• Obesity: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
• Child Poverty: 26.6% (8.7–44.6%)
• Poverty Rate: 21.7% (14.1–29.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Church of God

• Hunters Chapel — 1.4 mi away
• Buckhead United Methodist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Ruffin Church — 2.6 mi away
• Bethel Church — 3.1 mi away
• Ruffin Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away
• Smoaks Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Smoaks, SC
• Trinity Methodist Church — 3.5 mi away in Smoaks, SC
• Mount Olive Church — 4 mi away
• Zion Church — 5 mi away
• Beulah Church — 5.2 mi away