Church of the Good Shepherd
Church of the Good Shepherd is a church in Sumter, SC 29150. It is one of 158 churches in Sumter.
Welcome to Good Shepherd Episcopal Church – serving Sumter since 1913. Guided by the Spirit of the Good Shepherd, we are a congregation that welcomes others, cares and nourishes ourselves and the larger community with compassion, and creates a safe place for all who seek a deeper relationship with each other and with the living God.
Serving since 1887
Sumter, SC, 29150Find Church of the Good Shepherd on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Church of the Good Shepherd
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 52.3%
- Food Insecurity: 41.5%
- Poverty Rate: 36.8% (26.2–47.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 28.4%
- Diabetes: 27.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.7%
- Unemployment: 16.9% (7.9–25.8%)
- Social Isolation: 36.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.0%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (5.3–18.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Sumter city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.
Churches near Church of the Good Shepherd
- New Birth Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
- First Church of the Nazarene — 0.2 mi away
- Westend Community Church — 0.2 mi away
- Salem Avenue Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Fellowship Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Jude Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- Pentecostal Holiness Church — 0.3 mi away