Kindling Altar Church

The community around Kindling Altar Church

It takes 6.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 30.5%
• Diabetes: 18.9%
• Obesity: 43.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.8% (5.5–26.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
• Child Poverty: 22.2% (6.4–37.9%)
• Poverty Rate: 20.0% (11.1–29.0%)
• Transportation Barriers: 15.7%

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

Churches near Kindling Altar Church

• Saint Paul Church — 1.2 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 1.3 mi away
• Saint John Church — 3.4 mi away
• Eastern Star Church — 3.4 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 3.6 mi away
• Saint Marys Church — 4.7 mi away
• Mount Avery Church — 4.8 mi away
• Saint Matthew Church — 5 mi away
• Pilgrim Green Church — 5.5 mi away in Indianola, MS
• Holly Grove Church — 5.5 mi away