Sun Light Baptist Church

Sun Light Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Laurel, MS 39443. It is one of 144 churches in Laurel, and one of 38 Baptist congregations in the city.

Laurel, MS, 39443

Sun Light Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,481 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Sun Light Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of 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: 57.8% (44.0–73.0%)
  • Obesity: 47.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 39.5% (27.7–51.2%)
  • Food Insecurity: 35.8%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.6%
  • Diabetes: 20.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.4%
  • Social Isolation: 38.7%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.0%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.5% (5.4–17.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

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