Marcella Church

The community around Marcella Church

It takes 6.8 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 adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 69.8%
• Obesity: 51.1%
• Social Isolation: 41.5%
• Food Insecurity: 39.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.0%
• Poverty Rate: 35.4% (24.2–46.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.3%
• Diabetes: 23.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
• Unemployment: 10.2% (4.5–16.0%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Marcella Church

• Quofaloma Church — 2.1 mi away in Tchula, MS
• Refuge Chapel — 2.3 mi away
• Goodhope MB Church — 2.3 mi away in Tchula, MS
• Good Hope Church — 2.3 mi away in Tchula, MS
• Zion City Church — 2.9 mi away in Tchula, MS
• New Jerusalem Church of God In Christ — 3.1 mi away in Tchula, MS
• Thornton Church — 3.2 mi away in Tchula, MS
• Annie York Church — 3.5 mi away in Tchula, MS
• Mount Harmon Church — 3.6 mi away in Tchula, MS
• Promised Land Church — 3.6 mi away in Tchula, MS