First Christian Church

The community around First Christian Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 59.0% (39.9–78.2%)
• Obesity: 46.7%
• Food Insecurity: 37.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.4%
• Diabetes: 22.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
• Unemployment: 12.4% (4.8–20.0%)
• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.6%
• Poverty Rate: 28.7% (17.4–39.9%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (10.0–21.9%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.9%

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

Clarksdale city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 346 residents.

Churches near First Christian Church

• First Assembly of God — 0 mi away
• Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
• Clarksdale Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Georges Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Clarksdale United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First United Pentecostal Church — 0.5 mi away
• Chapel Hill Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Kings Temple Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith — 0.7 mi away