Pilgrims Rest Church

The community around Pilgrims Rest Church

It takes 6.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, 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.

• Unemployment: 13.7% (5.2–22.3%)
• Social Isolation: 34.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
• Diabetes: 16.7%
• Obesity: 39.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.5%
• Food Insecurity: 19.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (6.2–16.5%)

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

Churches near Pilgrims Rest Church

• Bywy Church — 0.5 mi away
• Robinson Chapel — 1.7 mi away in Eupora, MS
• Old Mount Pisgah Church — 1.8 mi away in Mathiston, MS
• Bethany Church — 2 mi away
• Mount Pisgah Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Eupora, MS
• Antioch Church — 3.3 mi away
• Mount Nebo Church — 3.4 mi away
• Clear Springs Church — 3.6 mi away
• Chapel Hill Church — 3.8 mi away
• Bluff Spring Church — 4.6 mi away in Eupora, MS