Sweetwater Church

The community around Sweetwater Church

It takes 5.7 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: 51.5%
• Social Isolation: 42.6%
• Food Insecurity: 41.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.4%
• Poverty Rate: 36.4% (26.1–46.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 30.3%
• Diabetes: 23.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (6.4–16.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Sweetwater Church

• Lebanon Church — 1.7 mi away
• Sunny Mount Missionary Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Beulah Grove Church — 2.6 mi away
• Pine Grove Church — 2.8 mi away
• Hopewell Church — 3.1 mi away in Durant, MS
• Sweet Canaan Church — 3.7 mi away
• Poplar Springs United Methodist Church — 3.8 mi away in Durant, MS
• Upper Shady Grove Church — 3.9 mi away
• Sweet Canaan Church of God & Christ — 4 mi away
• Lower Shady Grove Church — 4 mi away