Mount Zion Church

The community around Mount Zion Church

It takes 5.2 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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter 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: 45.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
• Food Insecurity: 27.8%
• Diabetes: 20.1%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
• Poverty Rate: 27.7% (18.6–36.8%)
• Child Poverty: 27.5% (10.8–44.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%
• Unemployment: 7.4% (1.5–13.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Zion Church

• Hepzibah Church — 1.4 mi away in Silver Creek, MS
• Palestine Church — 3.5 mi away
• Christ Church — 4.5 mi away
• Spring Hill Church — 4.7 mi away in Monticello, MS
• Rose Hill Church — 4.8 mi away in Silver Creek, MS
• China Lee Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away in Silver Creek, MS
• Chinalee Church — 4.9 mi away in Silver Creek, MS
• Hathorn Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in Columbia, MS
• Progress Church of God & Christ — 5.4 mi away in Prentiss, MS
• Zion Community Church of God — 5.4 mi away in Oak Vale, MS