Saint Mark Church

The community around Saint Mark Church

It takes 7.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than 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: 60.3%
• Obesity: 49.0%
• Food Insecurity: 37.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.6%
• Poverty Rate: 35.0% (24.3–45.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 25.9%
• Diabetes: 24.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
• Social Isolation: 38.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
• Unemployment: 10.7% (3.1–19.2%)

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

Churches near Saint Mark Church

• Shiloh Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Waterproof United Methodist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Myrtle Grove Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Saint Mark Church — 2.4 mi away
• Richland Church — 2.6 mi away
• Cypress Grove Church — 2.9 mi away
• First United MBC — 3.5 mi away
• Saint John Church — 4.1 mi away in Ferriday, LA
• Choctaw Baptist Church — 4.8 mi away
• Gilfield Church — 5 mi away in Ferriday, LA