New Jerusalem Church

The community around New Jerusalem Church

It takes 4.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half 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.

• Child Poverty: 45.4% (26.3–64.6%)
• Obesity: 45.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.4%
• Food Insecurity: 32.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
• Diabetes: 21.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.4%
• Poverty Rate: 23.7% (13.9–33.4%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.7% (12.3–25.1%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.8%
• Unemployment: 6.4% (2.2–10.7%)

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

Churches near New Jerusalem Church

• Bethel AME Church — 0.9 mi away
• Bethel A M E Church — 1 mi away
• Attapulgus United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
• Attapulgus Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Second Morning Star M.B. Church — 1.1 mi away
• Attapulgus Church of God — 1.1 mi away
• Mount Moriah Church Number 2 — 2.7 mi away
• Smith Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away
• Antioch Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Mount Moriah Church Number 1 — 3.7 mi away