The Wilderness Place

The Wilderness Place is a church at 208 Pass Rd in Gulfport, MS 39507-3046. It is one of 157 churches in Gulfport.

We are becoming a Kingdom family, with one priority: intimacy with Jesus as beloved son and beloved daughters.

The Wilderness Place is not a church you choose for yourself, but a Kingdom family that you are planted in. We are a family of sons and daughters being seated in our beloved identity and endeavoring to make Jesus the center of everything in our lives.

208 Pass Rd, Gulfport, MS, 39507-3046

Phone: +12282978959 · Website: https://www.thewildernessplace.com/

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The community around The Wilderness Place

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 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

  • Child Poverty: 66.2%
  • Poverty Rate: 50.1% (37.1–63.1%)
  • Obesity: 46.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 42.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 31.4% (17.8–45.0%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 27.7%
  • Diabetes: 21.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.7%
  • Unemployment: 14.1% (5.1–23.1%)
  • Social Isolation: 38.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.6%
  • Depression: 23.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

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