Missionaries for America Program

The community around Missionaries for America Program

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. More than half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Child Poverty: 56.5%
• Obesity: 45.9%
• Poverty Rate: 36.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
• Food Insecurity: 25.8%
• Social Isolation: 37.3%
• Depression: 30.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
• Unemployment: 8.9% (2.3–15.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.1%
• Diabetes: 14.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Missionaries for America Program

• Cotton Belt Missionary Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Unity Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• New Friendship Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Old Liberty Church — 2.3 mi away in Marmaduke, AR
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 2.5 mi away
• Saint Marks United Methodist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Newton Street Church of Christ — 2.9 mi away
• Oak Grove Heights Baptist Church — 3 mi away in Oak Grove Heights, AR
• Paragould Church of God — 3.1 mi away
• Calvary Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away