Ephesus Church

The community around Ephesus Church

It takes 3.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 30.0%
• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Obesity: 43.3%
• Social Isolation: 37.8%
• Child Poverty: 37.8% (19.8–55.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
• Poverty Rate: 24.5% (13.2–35.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (7.2–18.3%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Ephesus Church

• Antioch Church — 2 mi away
• Grace Alone Family Church — 2.1 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 2.5 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 2.9 mi away
• Hebron Church — 3.3 mi away
• Liberty Church — 3.4 mi away
• Sylvester Church — 3.6 mi away
• Mt Olive M B Church — 3.9 mi away
• Steele Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Salem Church — 4.1 mi away in Lake, MS