Pilgrim Rest Church

The community around Pilgrim Rest Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 52.1%
• Child Poverty: 49.5% (31.8–67.5%)
• Food Insecurity: 38.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.2%
• Poverty Rate: 35.1% (24.8–45.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 28.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.5%
• Unemployment: 19.0% (10.4–27.6%)
• Diabetes: 18.6%
• Social Isolation: 39.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.6%
• Depression: 23.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.5% (9.7–19.3%)

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

Osceola city is served by 7 churches — about one congregation for every 494 residents.

Churches near Pilgrim Rest Church

• New Salem Church — 1.9 mi away in Luxora, AR
• Calvary Episcopal Church — 2 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 2.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Osceola — 2.2 mi away
• Calvary Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• St. John Full Gospel Church — 2.3 mi away
• Saint Matthew Catholic Church — 2.3 mi away
• First Christian Church — 2.3 mi away
• New Mt Pleasant Christian Worship Center — 2.4 mi away
• Miracle Temple COGIC — 2.5 mi away in Luxora, AR