Church of the Holy Comforter
Church of the Holy Comforter is a Catholic church at 213 North Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150-4958 in Sumter, SC 29150. It is one of 206 churches in Sumter, and one of 4 Catholic congregations in the city.
A house of prayer, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to make known the glory and grace of Jesus Christ
Holy Comforter is where the broken can find health, healing, and redemption in Jesus Christ.
Serving since 1857
213 North Main Street, Sumter, SC, 29150-4958, Sumter, SC, 29150Service times
- Sunday 5:30pm · evening
Phone: (803) 773-3823 · Website: http://www.holycomfortersc.org/
Church of the Holy Comforter is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 147 congregations of the Catholic family gather across South Carolina — 18,927 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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The community around Church of the Holy Comforter
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 46.4%
- Food Insecurity: 30.2%
- Diabetes: 20.9%
- Social Isolation: 34.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.4%
- Poverty Rate: 22.2% (15.9–28.5%)
- Housing Insecurity: 21.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.1%
- Unemployment: 11.1% (5.3–17.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (5.3–17.7%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Sumter city is served by 44 churches — about one congregation for every 813 residents.
Churches near Church of the Holy Comforter
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Santee Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Church Of The Living God — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Annes Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Saint Marks United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Saint Annes Roman Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.8 mi away
- Saint Jude Catholic Church — 1 mi away
- Church of the Ascension — 16.7 mi away in Rembert, SC
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