Van Winkle United Methodist Church

The community around Van Winkle United Methodist 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. About 2 in 3 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: 70.2%
• Obesity: 50.4%
• Food Insecurity: 41.2%
• Social Isolation: 40.8%
• Poverty Rate: 36.7% (25.1–48.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.8%
• Diabetes: 22.2%
• Unemployment: 19.0% (8.9–29.1%)
• Transportation Barriers: 21.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.2% (11.0–23.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.4% (10.9–18.7%)

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 United Methodist Church

• First Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Progressive Morningstar Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First United Pentecostal Church — 0.3 mi away
• Van Winkle Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Grace Church of the Nazarene — 0.3 mi away
• Greater Mount Bethel Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Agape Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
• Black's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• United Community Pentecostal Church — 0.6 mi away
• Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away