Welcome Church

The community around Welcome Church

It takes 4.4 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 about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 25.2%
• Diabetes: 18.2%
• Obesity: 42.8%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
• Poverty Rate: 22.8% (10.2–35.3%)
• Unemployment: 8.1% (3.3–13.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (7.3–15.3%)

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

Churches near Welcome Church

• Green Hill Church — 0.4 mi away
• Disciple of Christ Family Worship Center — 1.2 mi away in Edwards, MS
• New Salem Church — 1.8 mi away
• Lebanon Presbyterian Church — 2.6 mi away in Learned, MS
• Salem Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 2.6 mi away
• Bar Ridge Church — 2.8 mi away
• Morning Star Church — 3.1 mi away
• Greater Zion Traveler Church — 3.5 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 3.5 mi away in Utica, MS