Sim Chapel

The community around Sim Chapel

It takes 5.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 25.4%
• Obesity: 42.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.0%
• Child Poverty: 31.6% (16.0–49.0%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
• Diabetes: 17.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.4%
• Poverty Rate: 16.3% (8.8–23.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 13.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Sim Chapel

• Sims Chapel M B Church — 0 mi away
• Berry Chapel — 0.8 mi away
• Hickory Grove Church — 2 mi away
• Hebron M.B. Church — 2.2 mi away in Lamar, MS
• Living Christ Church — 3.1 mi away
• Rice Chapel — 3.6 mi away
• Sandhill Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away
• Miracle Temple Overcoming Church of God — 4.5 mi away in Lamar, MS
• Hebron Church — 5.3 mi away
• Forty Five Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away