Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is a Catholic church at 321 Forrest Blvd in Columbus, MS 39702. It is one of 182 churches in Columbus.
321 Forrest Blvd, Columbus, MS, 39702Service times
- Sunday 9am · Service
Phone: (662) 327-1953 · Website: http://goodshepherdcolumbus.dioms.org/
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is part of the Catholic family of churches in The American Church Story. 157 congregations of the Catholic family gather across Mississippi — 18,926 across the United States on The Church Map.
From the Catholic Church the whole body received the canon of Scripture, the creeds still recited every Sunday in traditions that never look to Rome, and monasteries that kept learning and Scripture alive through a thousand unlit years. Its parishes remain the largest network of schools, hospitals, and shelters in America, most of them serving people who will never attend a Mass.
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The community around Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Food Insecurity: 32.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
- Diabetes: 20.3%
- Obesity: 42.4%
- Social Isolation: 38.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 23.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.7%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (6.4–18.8%)
- Unemployment: 6.3% (1.1–11.5%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Columbus city is served by 54 churches — about one congregation for every 362 residents.
Churches near Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
- Apostolic Church Bread of Life — 0.3 mi away
- Columbus Christian Center — 0.4 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.5 mi away
- Wesley United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Fairview Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Grace Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 0.7 mi away
- East Columbus Church of Christ — 0.7 mi away
- Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church — 0.8 mi away
- Canaan Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
More Catholic churches nearby
- Annunciation Catholic Church — 2.6 mi away
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 17 mi away in West Point, MS
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