Saint Mary Church

The community around Saint Mary Church

It takes 3.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Social Isolation: 38.2%
• Poverty Rate: 24.5% (16.2–32.8%)
• Food Insecurity: 20.8%
• Obesity: 37.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 15.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (8.3–17.7%)

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

Churches near Saint Mary Church

• West Decatur Church — 1.8 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Church — 2 mi away
• Newton Christian Church — 2.1 mi away in Newton, MS
• Clarke Venable Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Decatur Methodist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Midway Church — 2.5 mi away in Newton, MS
• Church Arise — 2.6 mi away
• Macedonia Church — 3.1 mi away
• Pine Ridge MB Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away
• Pine Bluff Church — 3.4 mi away in Newton, MS