Saint Marks Church

The community around Saint Marks Church

It takes 7.1 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 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: 50.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.6%
• Food Insecurity: 33.2%
• Diabetes: 23.3%
• Child Poverty: 39.3% (22.9–55.7%)
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
• Poverty Rate: 24.4% (15.6–33.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.6%

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

Churches near Saint Marks Church

• Saint Marks Church — 1.6 mi away
• First Missionary Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away in White Hall, AL
• Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Unity Church — 2.7 mi away in White Hall, AL
• Wright Chapel — 4 mi away
• Hopewell Church — 4 mi away
• Mt. Gillard Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away
• St. Clair Assembly Of God — 4.6 mi away
• Gordon Bend Church — 4.6 mi away
• Sanctified Church — 4.7 mi away in Hayneville, AL