New Welcome Church

The community around New Welcome Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Social Isolation: 35.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.3%
• Food Insecurity: 24.9%
• Poverty Rate: 24.1% (13.3–34.9%)
• Diabetes: 17.3%
• Obesity: 38.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
• Depression: 23.8%
• Child Poverty: 23.8% (10.4–38.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (9.3–19.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.6%
• Unemployment: 6.2% (1.5–11.2%)

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

Churches near New Welcome Church

• Saint Elmo Church — 0.6 mi away
• Irvington Church — 1.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Lighthouse Apostolic Holiness Temple, Inc — 1.8 mi away in Grand Bay, AL
• The Lord Church — 1.9 mi away in Grand Bay, AL
• The Baptist Chapel — 2.3 mi away in Grand Bay, AL
• Living World Church — 2.4 mi away in Grand Bay, AL
• Lighthouse Church — 2.5 mi away
• Little Rock Church — 2.7 mi away in Grand Bay, AL
• Newday Ministries Church — 2.7 mi away in Theodore, AL