Church of God

The community around Church of God

It takes 6.6 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: 46.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.8%
• Poverty Rate: 31.7% (19.7–43.8%)
• Food Insecurity: 30.5%
• Diabetes: 22.2%
• Unemployment: 12.8% (3.4–22.4%)
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.0%

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

Churches near Church of God

• Amite River Church — 1.9 mi away
• Galilee Church — 2.5 mi away
• Mount Pilgrim Church — 2.5 mi away
• Mount Vernon Church — 2.8 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 4.2 mi away
• Saint Marys Church — 4.9 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 5.1 mi away
• Bethel Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away
• Antioch Church — 5.2 mi away
• Riverside Church — 5.4 mi away