Saint Marks Church

The community around Saint Marks Church

It takes 3.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 54.9%
• Food Insecurity: 48.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 42.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 33.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.8%
• Diabetes: 26.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 24.1%
• Social Isolation: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.4%
• Poverty Rate: 25.5% (13.3–37.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%

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

Churches near Saint Marks Church

• Bethel Church — 1.2 mi away
• Taylor Grove Church — 1.5 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 1.5 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 1.6 mi away
• Saint John Church — 2.8 mi away
• Rising Star Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Rhodes Chapel Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Hill Zion Church — 3.2 mi away in Akron, AL
• Saint Thomas Church — 3.2 mi away
• Friendship Church — 3.4 mi away