Mount Zion Church

The community around Mount Zion Church

It takes 7.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and nearly a quarter of adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
• Food Insecurity: 30.1%
• Diabetes: 22.1%
• Obesity: 43.8%
• Social Isolation: 38.2%
• Poverty Rate: 24.1% (13.3–34.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.6% (9.2–30.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Webster County unified government is served by 20 churches — about one congregation for every 117 residents.

Churches near Mount Zion Church

• New Mt Zion Missionary Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Bethel AME Church — 1.7 mi away in Richland, GA
• Weston Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Sardis Church — 4.6 mi away in Richland, GA
• Shiloh Church — 4.7 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away in Lumpkin, GA
• New Mount Lebanon Church — 5 mi away
• Green Point Church — 5.1 mi away
• Mount Olive Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away in Lumpkin, GA