Mount Joy Church

The community around Mount Joy Church

It takes 3.2 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 of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter 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: 42.5%
• Social Isolation: 35.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.3%
• Depression: 27.0%
• Food Insecurity: 21.6%
• Diabetes: 16.2%
• Unemployment: 10.3% (2.8–17.8%)
• Child Poverty: 23.4% (6.9–40.1%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.0% (11.0–27.0%)

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

Churches near Mount Joy Church

• Temple Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Bear Creek Number One Baptist Church — 2 mi away in Bear Creek, AL
• Bethel Church — 2.1 mi away
• Phil Campbell Church of God — 2.1 mi away
• New Harmony Church — 2.2 mi away
• Restorationchurchpc — 2.2 mi away
• Phil Campbell United Methodist Church — 2.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Shady Grove Church — 2.5 mi away
• Mountain View Church — 2.6 mi away