New Chapel Church

The community around New Chapel Church

It takes 7.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 45.6%
• Food Insecurity: 33.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.5%
• Child Poverty: 32.9% (21.2–44.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
• Poverty Rate: 23.6% (15.7–31.4%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.4% (12.4–24.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
• Unemployment: 9.1% (2.5–15.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.2%

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

Churches near New Chapel Church

• The Linked Church — 1.8 mi away in Shuqualak, MS
• Calvary M.B. Church - Shuqualak, MS — 2.2 mi away in Shuqualak, MS
• Calvary Church — 2.8 mi away
• Running Water Creek Church — 4 mi away
• Shiloh Church — 4.1 mi away
• Wahalak First Baptist Church — 5 mi away
• Ivy Grove Church — 5.6 mi away
• Upper Running Water Church — 5.8 mi away
• Union Hill Church — 6.2 mi away in De Kalb, MS
• Macedonia Church — 6.4 mi away