Kindling Altar Church

The community around Kindling Altar Church

It takes 6.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and 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. 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.

• Obesity: 45.6%
• Food Insecurity: 35.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
• Diabetes: 21.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.6%
• Child Poverty: 39.1% (24.9–53.3%)
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.5%
• Poverty Rate: 29.4% (20.2–38.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.4% (10.3–22.6%)
• Unemployment: 9.2% (3.6–14.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Kindling Altar Church

• Pilgrims Refuge Church — 0.5 mi away
• Forkland Church — 1.5 mi away
• Saint Peters Church — 2.2 mi away
• Gospel Light Church — 2.5 mi away
• Mount Gazy Church — 2.7 mi away
• Evergreen Church — 2.8 mi away
• Zion Field Church — 3.1 mi away
• Saint Joseph Church — 3.5 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Church — 3.8 mi away
• King Solomon Church — 4.2 mi away in Leland, MS