Epworth Church

The community around Epworth 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 5 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Obesity: 51.4%
• Social Isolation: 42.7%
• Food Insecurity: 41.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.4%
• Poverty Rate: 36.4% (24.9–47.9%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 30.0%
• Diabetes: 23.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
• Unemployment: 6.4% (0.5–13.1%)

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

Churches near Epworth Church

• Guiding Light COGIC — 0.3 mi away
• St Paul's Church of God In Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Thomas Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Holmes County Baptist Association — 0.5 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.5 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.6 mi away
• St Mary's Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
• Sweethome Church — 1.4 mi away
• Beulah Church — 2.6 mi away