Van Winkle Baptist Church

The community around Van Winkle Baptist 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 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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: 81.9%
• Obesity: 50.4%
• Food Insecurity: 40.8%
• Social Isolation: 40.4%
• Poverty Rate: 37.3% (24.5–50.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.5%
• Diabetes: 22.4%
• Unemployment: 16.9% (7.1–26.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 20.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.6% (10.3–22.9%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4% (11.0–18.5%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

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

Churches near Van Winkle Baptist Church

• Agape Fellowship Church — 0 mi away
• Greater Mount Bethel Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Van Winkle United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Progressive Morningstar Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• New Fellowship Church — 0.5 mi away
• First United Pentecostal Church — 0.7 mi away
• Grace Church of the Nazarene — 0.7 mi away
• Black's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• The Altar — 0.8 mi away