Union Paradise Church

The community around Union Paradise Church

It takes 5.4 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: 51.7%
• Social Isolation: 42.8%
• Food Insecurity: 41.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 37.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.2%
• Poverty Rate: 35.8% (24.7–47.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 30.5%
• Diabetes: 24.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.2%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
• Unemployment: 6.4% (0.6–13.1%)

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

Churches near Union Paradise Church

• Gages Springs Church — 2 mi away in Durant, MS
• Springhill Church — 2.6 mi away
• Franklin Church — 3.6 mi away in Pickens, MS
• Salem Church — 4 mi away in Durant, MS
• West Hill Church — 4.1 mi away in Durant, MS
• Mount Calvary Church — 4.1 mi away in Durant, MS
• Bethesda Chapel — 4.1 mi away
• Lower Shady Grove Church — 4.2 mi away
• Sweethome Church — 4.3 mi away
• St Paul's Church of God In Christ — 4.4 mi away