Macedonia Church

The community around Macedonia 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 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them, and nearly half 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.

• Obesity: 50.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.0%
• Food Insecurity: 36.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.1%
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.1%
• Poverty Rate: 28.0% (16.2–39.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.7%
• Child Poverty: 25.1% (9.7–40.5%)

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

Churches near Macedonia Church

• Harland Creek Church — 1.4 mi away
• Saint Peters Rock Church — 3.2 mi away
• Antioch Church — 3.2 mi away in Benton, MS
• Ebenezer Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away
• Ebenezer Methodist Church — 3.5 mi away
• Holy City Church — 3.7 mi away in Pickens, MS
• Saint Luke Church — 4.1 mi away in Benton, MS
• Pleasant Grove Church — 4.2 mi away in Benton, MS
• Chestnut Ridge Church — 4.3 mi away
• Popular Springs Church — 4.6 mi away