Saint Matthews Church

The community around Saint Matthews Church

It takes 3.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on, and about 1 in 5 the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.7%
• Poverty Rate: 18.9% (11.2–26.6%)
• Food Insecurity: 18.3%
• Unemployment: 6.8% (0.7–13.2%)

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

Churches near Saint Matthews Church

• Truevine Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• True Vine Church — 1.5 mi away
• Truevine Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Sessums Methodist Church — 2 mi away
• Austin Church of Christ Holiness — 2.2 mi away
• Truevine Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away in Artesia, MS
• Lumis Church — 3 mi away
• Beulah Grove Church — 3.6 mi away in Columbus, MS
• Blackjack Missionary Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Chapel Hill Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away