Second Morning Star M.B. Church

The community around Second Morning Star M.B. Church

It takes 4.6 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 42.5% (24.0–61.1%)
• Social Isolation: 40.5%
• Food Insecurity: 32.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
• Diabetes: 21.0%
• Obesity: 44.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.6%
• Poverty Rate: 22.3% (13.1–31.5%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.4% (12.0–24.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.9%
• Unemployment: 6.5% (2.2–10.8%)

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

Churches near Second Morning Star M.B. Church

• Attapulgus Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Attapulgus United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Attapulgus Church of God — 0.5 mi away
• Bethel AME Church — 0.5 mi away
• Bethel A M E Church — 0.6 mi away
• New Jerusalem Church — 1.1 mi away
• Smith Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Mount Olive AME Church — 2.7 mi away
• Old St. Paul Church — 3.1 mi away
• St Paul Primative Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away