Mount Vernon Church

The community around Mount Vernon 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 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: 42.2%
• Social Isolation: 33.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
• Depression: 26.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
• Food Insecurity: 17.2%
• Diabetes: 14.3%
• Unemployment: 7.9% (4.1–11.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Vernon Church

• Mt. Vernon Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• First Southern Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Black Rock Church of Christ — 1.8 mi away
• New Life Full Gospel — 1.9 mi away
• New Bethel Freewill Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Pocahontas, AR
• Clear Spring Church — 3.5 mi away
• FWC Portia — 3.9 mi away in Hoxie, AR
• Grace Tabernacle — 4.1 mi away
• Clear Lake Church — 4.1 mi away in Walnut Ridge, AR
• Noland Church of Christ — 5.1 mi away in Pocahontas, AR