Park Hills First Church of God

The community around Park Hills First Church of God

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 48.7%
• Child Poverty: 44.0% (30.3–58.6%)
• Food Insecurity: 40.3%
• Poverty Rate: 37.9% (28.0–47.8%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.7%
• Diabetes: 21.0%
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.2%
• Unemployment: 9.7% (3.1–16.4%)
• Depression: 24.2%

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

Spartanburg city is served by 75 churches — about one congregation for every 514 residents.

Churches near Park Hills First Church of God

• House of David — 0.2 mi away
• Real Talk Christian Ministries — 0.2 mi away
• Silver Hill Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses — 0.3 mi away
• Word Of Change Ministry — 0.4 mi away
• Temple Church — 0.4 mi away
• Covenant Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• Mt. Zion World Outreach Church — 0.7 mi away
• MtZion WorldOutreach — 0.7 mi away
• Living Waters Christian — 0.8 mi away