You plant churches where people are moving to.
Where Georgia and Tennessee’s population actually grew over the last five years, where the official county projections say it will grow next, and where the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) already has a church on the ground.
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churches
- 840
- Population, 2018→2023 windows
- +865,551
- Forecast, next 5 years
- +1,152,957
- People per church
- 21,181
Congregations in the church locator
The two states now 17,792,252
From the official county projections
Across both states
Growth is not spread evenly
of Georgia and Tennessee’s population growth over the last five years (2018→2023 ACS windows) landed in just 180 of 1,274 ZIP areas.
That gap between the two bars is the whole argument: a small number of places are absorbing most of the growth in the two states.
New people in growth-corridor ZIP areas between the 2018 and 2023 ACS windows. That is the mission field moving.
People in a fast-growing ZIP area more than a 6.2 mi drive from the nearest Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church.
The same growth ZIP areas at a closer range — no Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church inside 3.1 mi, the distance most people actually treat as their own neighborhood.
Both states, at once
Black crosses are Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churches. Shaded circles are growth corridors — ZIP areas absorbing serious growth; bigger means more people arriving, darker means higher planting priority. A green ring marks a volume growth corridor: fast growth and a large influx together — the best places to plant.
Where the two states are growing fastest
People forecast to arrive over the next five years, by county — from the official countyprojections (Georgia’s OPB, Tennessee’s Boyd Center at UT).
How thinly the Church of God is spread
People per Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church, by state. Darker is thinner on the ground.
GA has one Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) church for every 21,809 people. TN has one for every 20,575.
Who is arriving in Georgia and Tennessee
Foreign-born residents by country of birth, and who moved in from another state or from abroad in the past year (ACS 2019–23). Where a community has settled before is the best available guide to where the next arrivals go.
See where they settle →Highest-priority plant sites
Most people arriving. The Church of God’s coverage is shown alongside, as context.
| # | ZIP area | county | State | Population | Growth 5 yr | % | Nearest church | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murfreesboro 37128 | Rutherford County | TN | 77,016 | +25,995 | +51.0% | 12 mi | 96 |
| 2 | Spring Hill 37174 | Williamson County | TN | 50,778 | +15,905 | +45.6% | 9.4 mi | 92 |
| 3 | Cumming 30028 | Forsyth County | GA | 36,631 | +11,653 | +46.6% | 3.7 mi | 90 |
| 4 | Nolensville 37135 | Williamson County | TN | 23,231 | +10,851 | +87.7% | 6.4 mi | 89 |
| 5 | Fairburn 30213 | Fulton County | GA | 48,541 | +15,812 | +48.3% | 6.9 mi | 89 |
| 6 | Canton 30115 | Cherokee County | GA | 53,299 | +12,194 | +29.7% | 2.6 mi | 88 |
| 7 | Clarksville 37040 | Montgomery County | TN | 62,137 | +11,184 | +21.9% | 3.2 mi | 88 |
| 8 | Richmond Hill 31324 | Bryan County | GA | 35,668 | +10,025 | +39.1% | 2.1 mi | 88 |
| 9 | Loganville 30052 | Gwinnett County | GA | 79,020 | +13,061 | +19.8% | 1.3 mi | 88 |
| 10 | Franklin 37064 | Williamson County | TN | 66,641 | +10,000 | +17.7% | 2.8 mi | 87 |
State by state
| State | Population | Growth 5 yr | % | Forecast 5 yr | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) churches | People per church | Growth ZIP areas | Unserved growth-corridor pop. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 10,817,475 | +528,198 | +5.1% | +696,829 | 496 | 21,809 | 124 | 229,738 |
| Tennessee | 6,974,777 | +337,353 | +5.1% | +456,128 | 339 | 20,575 | 56 | 425,934 |