Progressive Baptist Church

The community around Progressive Baptist Church

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. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 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: 52.8%
• Food Insecurity: 49.2%
• Social Isolation: 42.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 40.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 35.0%
• Poverty Rate: 32.7% (17.8–47.6%)
• Diabetes: 26.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 24.8%
• Unemployment: 13.0% (6.2–19.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.7% (10.8–24.6%)

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

Jackson city is served by 237 churches — about one congregation for every 627 residents.

Churches near Progressive Baptist Church

• Berean Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Zion Travelers Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
• New Mount Olive Primitive Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mt Vision Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Washington Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Second Temple Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Anderson United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Washington Temple CME Church — 0.4 mi away
• Hyde Park Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away