Mellards Chapel Church

The community around Mellards Chapel Church

It takes 5.6 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: 49.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.1%
• Food Insecurity: 32.2%
• Diabetes: 22.0%
• Social Isolation: 35.2%
• Poverty Rate: 22.9% (11.8–34.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
• Depression: 24.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (10.0–16.9%)

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

Churches near Mellards Chapel Church

• Ivy Creek United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Greater Pine Grove Church — 2.4 mi away
• St Mathews Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Selma, AL
• Saint Matthew Church — 2.8 mi away in Selma, AL
• Pine Grove Church — 2.8 mi away
• Shiloh Church — 3.5 mi away
• Harmony Church — 4.4 mi away
• River Bend Church — 4.8 mi away in Lowndesboro, AL
• Bethesda Church — 5.1 mi away in Prattville, AL
• Cedar Grove Church — 5.2 mi away