Benela Church

The community around Benela Church

It takes 3.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.5%
• Food Insecurity: 30.0%
• Diabetes: 19.2%
• Obesity: 43.4%
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Child Poverty: 35.7% (20.5–50.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
• Poverty Rate: 22.6% (15.0–30.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.7%

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

Churches near Benela Church

• Pine Grove Church — 1.6 mi away
• Grace Fellowship — 1.7 mi away
• Derma Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Derma, MS
• Daniels Temple Church of God — 2.1 mi away
• New Providence Church — 2.2 mi away
• Reedy Chapel — 2.3 mi away
• Grace Calhoun City — 2.3 mi away
• Porter Chapel AME Church — 2.6 mi away
• City FBC — 2.7 mi away
• Worford Church — 3 mi away