Gists Creek Church

The community around Gists Creek Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults here carry depression. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter 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 lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

• Depression: 30.1%
• Obesity: 38.2%
• Child Poverty: 22.9% (6.4–39.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.6%
• Poverty Rate: 16.4% (4.4–28.4%)
• Diabetes: 13.7%

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

Churches near Gists Creek Church

• Zion Hill Church — 2 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Methodist Church — 2.5 mi away
• First Apostolic Church — 2.5 mi away
• The Gathering — 2.6 mi away
• LuRetta Methodist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Smoky Mountain Seventh-day Adventist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Boyds Creek Church — 2.7 mi away
• Antioch Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Community First Church of God — 2.8 mi away in Seymour, TN
• Second Baptist Church — 3 mi away