New Jerusalem Church

The community around New Jerusalem Church

It takes 3.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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.

• Obesity: 40.8%
• Social Isolation: 36.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.9%
• Depression: 25.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.4%
• Food Insecurity: 17.6%
• Diabetes: 14.6%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Jerusalem Church

• Silver Creek Church — 1.7 mi away
• Union Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.7 mi away
• Beulah Church — 2.5 mi away
• Bolivar Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Oak Ridge Church — 3.5 mi away
• Plainview Church — 4.1 mi away
• Sunny Hill Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away
• Wilmer Church — 4.3 mi away in Amite, LA
• Big Creek African Methodist Episcopal Church — 4.7 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 4.8 mi away