Center Church

The community around Center Church

It takes 5.5 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 the people here live below the poverty line, 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.4%
• Poverty Rate: 33.7% (21.7–45.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 32.8%
• Unemployment: 26.1% (12.8–39.5%)
• Diabetes: 21.3%
• Obesity: 43.3%
• Social Isolation: 37.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
• Depression: 25.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 1 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Center Church

• Mitchell Church — 2.8 mi away
• Black Creek Church — 2.9 mi away
• Venable Church — 3 mi away
• Day Church — 3.2 mi away
• Darlington United Methodist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Saint Helena Church — 4.4 mi away
• Wesley Chapel — 4.6 mi away
• Spring Creek Church — 4.9 mi away in Kentwood, LA
• Darlington Church — 5.5 mi away
• Turner Chapel AME Church — 5.8 mi away