New Birth Ministries Church

The community around New Birth Ministries Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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.

• Poverty Rate: 35.8% (20.6–51.0%)
• Social Isolation: 38.6%
• Food Insecurity: 24.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.9% (9.3–28.6%)
• Obesity: 38.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.0%
• Unemployment: 6.8% (0.3–14.4%)

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

Churches near New Birth Ministries Church

• HubCity Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Thirty-Eighth Avenue Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Westover Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Iglesia Bautista "El Camino" - Hattiesburg Ms — 0.7 mi away
• New Testament Christian Church of Hattiesburg, MS — 0.8 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.9 mi away
• Hattiesburg Seventh Day Adventist Church — 1 mi away
• Word of Faith Christian Center — 1 mi away
• Highland Park Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• New Covenant Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away