Antioch Church

The community around Antioch Church

It takes 6.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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: 46.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
• Poverty Rate: 30.2% (19.1–41.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 28.4%
• Diabetes: 21.7%
• Social Isolation: 35.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
• Unemployment: 9.4% (0.4–18.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.1%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Antioch Church

• Unity Church — 0.7 mi away
• Bethel Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Ebenezer Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Saint Marys Church — 3 mi away
• Spring Hill Church — 3.5 mi away
• Galilee Church — 3.6 mi away
• Amite River Church — 4 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 4.2 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 4.5 mi away
• Riverside Church — 4.9 mi away