Mount Pleasant Church

The community around Mount Pleasant Church

It takes 5.7 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than 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: 49.4%
• Social Isolation: 40.9%
• Food Insecurity: 38.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.4%
• Poverty Rate: 32.3% (21.8–42.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 27.5%
• Diabetes: 23.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (7.5–18.6%)

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

Churches near Mount Pleasant Church

• Martin Grove Church — 1.7 mi away in Vaiden, MS
• Emory Church — 2.3 mi away
• Emory Church — 2.5 mi away
• First Pilgrim Rest Church — 2.5 mi away in Durant, MS
• Friendship Church — 2.5 mi away
• Old County Line Church — 2.9 mi away
• Long Branch Church — 4.3 mi away
• Shiloh Church — 4.4 mi away
• Midway Church — 4.9 mi away in Vaiden, MS
• Jeff Chapel — 5.1 mi away in Lexington, MS