Grace Fellowship Church

The community around Grace Fellowship Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Obesity: 45.8%
• Social Isolation: 41.2%
• Food Insecurity: 40.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.1%
• Poverty Rate: 33.2% (22.8–43.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 28.2%
• Diabetes: 21.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.2%
• Unemployment: 19.1% (9.6–28.7%)
• Transportation Barriers: 20.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.8% (11.0–26.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.0%

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

Churches near Grace Fellowship Church

• The Well — 1 mi away in Long Beach, MS
• Sharon Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away in Long Beach, MS
• Church of God in Christ — 1.1 mi away
• Saint Thomas Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away in Long Beach, MS
• Greater Love Fellowship Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Gulf Gardens Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Long Beach Church of Christ — 1.4 mi away in Long Beach, MS
• Saint Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church — 1.4 mi away
• Church of God — 1.5 mi away
• St Patrick's Episcopal Church — 1.5 mi away in Long Beach, MS