Briars Church

The community around Briars Church

It takes 4.3 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 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.

• Food Insecurity: 28.7%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
• Poverty Rate: 23.4% (14.4–32.3%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.7%
• Obesity: 40.0%
• Social Isolation: 30.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (7.1–17.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Briars Church

• Second Celestial Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Mt Pisgah Ame Church — 1.7 mi away
• Mount Carmel Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Dale New Church of Christ — 1.8 mi away
• Bountiful Word Ministries — 2.6 mi away in Yemassee, SC
• New Jerusalem Full Gospel Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Yemassee, SC
• Jerusalem Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Yemassee, SC
• Spoken Word Outreach Ministries — 2.9 mi away
• Lebeco Methodist Episcopal Church South — 3.1 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 3.5 mi away in Yemassee, SC