Central Church of the Nazarene
Central Church of the Nazarene is a church in Meridian, MS 39301. It is one of 221 churches in Meridian.
Meridian, MS, 39301Central Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 35 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Mississippi — 4,599 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.
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The community around Central Church of the Nazarene
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Obesity: 48.7%
- Food Insecurity: 37.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
- Poverty Rate: 32.8% (17.0–48.7%)
- Housing Insecurity: 27.7%
- Diabetes: 22.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
- Social Isolation: 37.9%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.3%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.8% (5.9–24.4%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Meridian city is served by 90 churches — about one congregation for every 361 residents.
Churches near Central Church of the Nazarene
- Saint John Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Allen Chapel AME Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
- Free Gospel Temple JCAC — 0.4 mi away
- Pentecostal Church of God — 0.4 mi away
- New Era Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Paradise Church of God In Christ — 0.6 mi away
- Haven Chapel United Methodist Church — 0.6 mi away
- Anderson Temple COGIC — 0.6 mi away
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Fitkins Memorial Church of the Nazarene — 1.2 mi away
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