Mourning Port Church

The community around Mourning Port Church

It takes 6.4 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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter 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: 45.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
• Food Insecurity: 27.5%
• Diabetes: 19.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.9%
• Poverty Rate: 24.3% (14.9–33.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
• Child Poverty: 29.2% (13.1–45.2%)
• Depression: 23.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.4%

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

Churches near Mourning Port Church

• Piney Grove Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Galilee Church — 3 mi away
• Midway Church — 3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away
• Saint James Church — 3.4 mi away
• Knighton Chapel — 3.4 mi away
• Union Hill Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Lewisville Church of Christ — 3.8 mi away
• First Assembly of God — 3.8 mi away
• St Paul Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away