New Prospect Baptist Church
New Prospect Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Meridian, MS 39301. It is one of 169 churches in Meridian, and one of 38 Baptist congregations in the city.
Meridian, MS, 39301New Prospect Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around New Prospect Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the tables that run short before the month does, and for this church's table to be long.
- Food Insecurity: 56.1%
- Obesity: 54.5%
- Poverty Rate: 51.7% (32.8–70.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 44.9%
- Social Isolation: 42.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 40.2%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 38.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 31.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 30.1%
- Diabetes: 26.6%
- Unemployment: 12.9% (6.8–20.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.1%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.8% (5.3–23.0%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Meridian city is served by 90 churches — about one congregation for every 361 residents.
Churches near New Prospect Baptist Church
- Congregation Church of God — 0 mi away
- Eighth Avenue Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Haven Chapel United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Eastview Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Paradise Church of God In Christ — 0.3 mi away
- Greater Mount Herman Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Lively Stone Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
- Pentecostal Church of God — 0.4 mi away