New Jerusalem Church

The community around New Jerusalem Church

It takes 5.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Food Insecurity: 26.1%
• Obesity: 43.7%
• Social Isolation: 38.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.4%
• Diabetes: 17.6%
• Unemployment: 11.2% (4.0–18.4%)
• Child Poverty: 23.6% (7.3–40.0%)
• Poverty Rate: 17.2% (10.0–24.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 13.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (7.2–16.2%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Jerusalem Church

• Old Jerusalem Church — 1 mi away in Carthage, MS
• Hebron Church — 2.7 mi away
• Christian Union Church — 3.5 mi away in Carthage, MS
• Forest Grove Mrthodist Church — 4 mi away in Carthage, MS
• Cedar Hill Church — 4.1 mi away
• Forest Grove Presbyterian Church — 4.1 mi away in Carthage, MS
• GreenwoodChapel United Methodist Church — 4.8 mi away in Carthage, MS
• Mount Zion Church — 4.9 mi away
• Greenwood Church — 5.1 mi away in Carthage, MS
• Thomastown Baptist Church — 5.5 mi away