New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 5.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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.

• Social Isolation: 34.5%
• Obesity: 38.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.6%
• Food Insecurity: 17.2%
• Diabetes: 14.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.6% (9.0–20.3%)

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

Churches near New Salem Church

• Zama Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Mount Cana Church — 2.3 mi away
• Patterson Church — 2.9 mi away
• Center Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Bethel Church — 3 mi away
• Ebenezer Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away in Ethel, MS
• Center Church — 3.7 mi away
• Ebenezer Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away in Ethel, MS
• East Macedonia Methodist Church — 4.5 mi away in Ethel, MS
• Mount Harmon Church — 4.7 mi away in Carthage, MS