Ward Church

The community around Ward Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 42.7% (28.7–56.7%)
• Social Isolation: 35.7%
• Poverty Rate: 28.0% (18.7–37.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
• Food Insecurity: 21.5%
• Diabetes: 15.0%
• Obesity: 39.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.4%
• Unemployment: 7.3% (1.2–13.6%)

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

Churches near Ward Church

• Solid Rock Assembly Of God — 0.7 mi away in Lucedale, MS
• Watermark Church — 1 mi away in Lucedale, MS
• Solid Rock Assembly of God — 1.1 mi away in Lucedale, MS
• Lucedale Church of Christ — 1.2 mi away in Lucedale, MS
• River of Life Tabernacle — 1.3 mi away in Lucedale, MS
• Church of God — 1.3 mi away in Lucedale, MS
• Bethel Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away in Lucedale, MS
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 1.5 mi away in Lucedale, MS
• Union Missionary Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• New Antioch Church — 1.7 mi away