Decatur Church of God

The community around Decatur Church of God

It takes 3.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults here carry depression. 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.

• Unemployment: 12.3% (6.0–18.7%)
• Obesity: 42.2%
• Depression: 31.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.0%
• Diabetes: 16.6%
• Poverty Rate: 18.6% (12.9–24.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.1% (8.5–15.7%)

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

Decatur town is served by 4 churches — about one congregation for every 1,209 residents.

Churches near Decatur Church of God

• Decatur United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Decatur First Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Five Point Church — 0.8 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 1.7 mi away
• Faith Independent Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Calvary Church — 2.7 mi away
• Goodfield Church — 2.9 mi away
• Concord Church — 3.2 mi away
• Walnut Grove Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away