Fitkins Memorial Church of the Nazarene
Fitkins Memorial Church of the Nazarene is a church in Meridian, MS 39307. It is one of 221 churches in Meridian.
Meridian, MS, 39307Fitkins Memorial 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 Fitkins Memorial Church of the Nazarene
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Child Poverty: 87.9%
- Obesity: 51.9%
- Food Insecurity: 46.5%
- Poverty Rate: 40.3% (22.5–58.1%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 39.0%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.1%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.7%
- Diabetes: 25.7%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.0%
- Transportation Barriers: 24.2%
- Social Isolation: 39.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (4.1–19.4%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Meridian city is served by 90 churches — about one congregation for every 361 residents.
Churches near Fitkins Memorial Church of the Nazarene
- Liberty Church of Mer — 0.2 mi away
- Calvary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Union Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Ephesus Church — 0.4 mi away
- St. James AME Church — 0.4 mi away
- El Bethel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Iglesia Adventista Maranatha — 0.5 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Bonds of Love Ministries — 0.5 mi away
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Central Church of the Nazarene — 1.2 mi away
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