Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church

The community around Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 50.7%
• Food Insecurity: 38.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.3%
• Poverty Rate: 33.8% (24.5–43.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 26.5%
• Diabetes: 25.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.9%
• Unemployment: 15.6% (7.4–23.8%)
• Social Isolation: 35.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (5.2–18.0%)

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 Mount Pisgah African Methodist Episcopal Church

• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
• New Birth Church of God in Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Pentecostal Holiness Church — 0.1 mi away
• Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Trinity United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Westend Community Church — 0.2 mi away
• New Fellowship Covenant Ministry — 0.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Salem Avenue Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.3 mi away