Saint Paul Church

The community around Saint Paul Church

It takes 4.7 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 about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 42.1%
• Social Isolation: 33.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
• Food Insecurity: 20.7%
• Diabetes: 16.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
• Poverty Rate: 16.9% (7.1–26.7%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (8.5–19.7%)
• Unemployment: 7.1% (0.7–13.6%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Paul Church

• Antioch Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away in Amory, MS
• Paine Memorial United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Riverbend Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Athens Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• Athens United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away in Monroe County, MS
• Athens Independent Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away
• Calvary Independent Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away in Amory, MS
• The Church Of God — 2.4 mi away
• River Bend Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Smiths Chapel Sanctified Church — 3 mi away