Southern Christian

The community around Southern Christian

Within about a mile of this church, about 1 in 7 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. More than a third 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 households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Unemployment: 16.9% (6.8–27.0%)
• Obesity: 41.3%
• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Food Insecurity: 20.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
• Child Poverty: 22.6% (6.1–39.1%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.2%
• Poverty Rate: 19.0% (10.7–27.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
• Diabetes: 15.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.9%

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

Churches near Southern Christian

• Christ United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Saint Stephens Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mt Zion Heathman MB Church — 0.3 mi away
• Eastwood Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Indianola PCA — 0.4 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• Church of the Immaculate Conception — 0.5 mi away
• Indianola First Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away