Higher Ground Ministries

The community around Higher Ground Ministries

In the few miles around this church, more than 5 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 52.9%
• Food Insecurity: 46.4%
• Social Isolation: 40.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.0%
• Poverty Rate: 33.4% (20.9–46.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 32.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.7%
• Diabetes: 25.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.7%
• Unemployment: 10.5% (3.4–17.6%)
• Depression: 25.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Higher Ground Ministries

• Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Mansfield Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.4 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Emmanuel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• Hewitt Memorial Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• Desoto Parish — 0.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.6 mi away