Jerusalem Church

The community around Jerusalem Church

It takes 3.3 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: 40.1%
• Social Isolation: 35.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.0%
• Food Insecurity: 23.9%
• Poverty Rate: 23.9% (15.7–32.1%)
• Diabetes: 16.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
• Depression: 24.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
• Unemployment: 7.4% (1.1–13.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Jerusalem Church

• Bethel Primitive Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Sycamore Grove Church of Christ — 2.1 mi away
• Saint Luke Church — 2.6 mi away
• Douglas Chapel Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Northside Chapel — 3.3 mi away
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 3.8 mi away
• Zion Watch Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Olive Branch Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Union Heights Church of Christ — 4 mi away
• Ebenezer Methodist Church — 4.1 mi away