Mer Church of Christ

Mer Church of Christ is a church in Meridian, MS 39307. It is one of 221 churches in Meridian.

Meridian, MS, 39307

Mer Church of Christ is part of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family of churches in The American Church Story. 245 congregations of the Restorationist (Stone-Campbell) family gather across Mississippi — 10,488 across the United States on The Church Map.

The Stone-Campbell churches asked American Christians to put down their party names and be simply Christians, and they meant it enough to give up their own. Their plea for one table, and their weekly return to it, is one of the few genuinely American gifts to the church's understanding of itself.

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The community around Mer Church of Christ

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. 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: 49.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 42.5%
  • Social Isolation: 40.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.2%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.1%
  • Housing Insecurity: 31.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 31.2% (19.6–42.8%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 22.6%
  • Diabetes: 20.4%
  • Unemployment: 8.1% (2.4–13.7%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.3% (12.5–20.9%)

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.

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