Jerusalem Church

The community around Jerusalem Church

It takes 3.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 28.1%
• Obesity: 42.5%
• Social Isolation: 37.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
• Poverty Rate: 25.8% (15.6–36.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.4% (11.1–25.8%)
• Diabetes: 16.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
• Child Poverty: 28.4% (11.0–45.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 15.1%

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

Churches near Jerusalem Church

• Union Chapel Church — 0.6 mi away
• White Stone Missionary Baptist — 1.4 mi away in Lawrence, MS
• Ebenezer Church — 1.5 mi away
• White Stone Church — 1.8 mi away
• Pine Ridge Church — 2 mi away
• Saint Clyde Church — 2.6 mi away in Newton, MS
• Cedar Grove Church — 3 mi away in Newton, MS
• Newton First Methodist Protestant Church — 3.5 mi away in Newton, MS
• Saint John Church — 3.7 mi away in Newton, MS
• Hope Well House of Prayer of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. — 3.7 mi away in Rose Hill, MS