Jerusalem Church

The community around Jerusalem Church

It takes 6.8 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: 47.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
• Poverty Rate: 32.2% (19.4–45.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 30.7%
• Diabetes: 22.8%
• Social Isolation: 35.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
• Unemployment: 10.4% (1.9–18.9%)
• Transportation Barriers: 15.2%

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

Churches near Jerusalem Church

• Tickfaw Church — 2.2 mi away in Liberty, MS
• New Zion Church — 2.4 mi away in Liberty, MS
• Pilgrim Rest Church — 3 mi away
• Gillsburg Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Osyka, MS
• Webb Chapel — 4.3 mi away in Liberty, MS
• Shady Grove Church — 4.5 mi away in Liberty, MS
• Bethlehem Baptist Church — 4.8 mi away in Liberty, MS
• Robinson Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in Liberty, MS
• Cochran Chapel — 5.2 mi away in Liberty, MS
• Glading Baptist Church — 5.3 mi away