Morning Star Church

The community around Morning Star Church

It takes 6.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Obesity: 51.5%
• Child Poverty: 43.7% (28.4–59.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 34.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.1%
• Diabetes: 23.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
• Poverty Rate: 25.8% (17.3–34.3%)
• Unemployment: 9.9% (1.5–18.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.0%

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

Churches near Morning Star Church

• Lamkin Church — 0.3 mi away
• Bellamy Church — 1.3 mi away in Livingston, AL
• Friendship Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Marys Chapel Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Livingston, AL
• Mount Tabor Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in Livingston, AL
• Fourth Creek Methodist Church — 3.3 mi away in York, AL
• Friend Church — 5.1 mi away in York, AL
• Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away in Livingston, AL
• Christian Valley Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away in Livingston, AL
• Friendship Baptist Church — 5.4 mi away in York, AL