Macedonia Church

The community around Macedonia Church

It takes 6.4 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 about 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: 47.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
• Food Insecurity: 31.4%
• Poverty Rate: 30.6% (21.7–39.5%)
• Diabetes: 22.5%
• Child Poverty: 37.4% (21.3–53.5%)
• Social Isolation: 35.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (6.2–17.5%)
• Unemployment: 7.0% (0.4–13.7%)

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

Churches near Macedonia Church

• Macedonia Church — 0.1 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 2.5 mi away in Gloster, MS
• Hux Church — 2.8 mi away
• Mount Carmel Church — 3.2 mi away in Gloster, MS
• Midway Church — 3.2 mi away in Gloster, MS
• White Castle Church — 3.5 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 3.7 mi away
• Sharron Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 3.8 mi away in Gloster, MS
• Macedonia Church — 3.8 mi away
• Gloster First Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away in Gloster, MS