Merigold United Methodist Church
Merigold United Methodist Church is a church at 206 S. Church St. in Merigold, MS 38759. It is one of 5 churches in Merigold.
206 S. Church St., Merigold, MS, 38759Phone: (662) 748-2416 · Website: http://www.mississippi-umc.org
Merigold United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Merigold United Methodist Church
It takes 4.0 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 of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 47.1%
- Food Insecurity: 32.1%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.9%
- Diabetes: 20.9%
- Child Poverty: 39.7% (24.9–54.5%)
- Social Isolation: 37.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
- Poverty Rate: 27.9% (19.4–36.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.3% (7.5–15.1%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Merigold United Methodist Church
- Merigold Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- 1st Baptist Church of Merigold — 0.4 mi away
- Bright Star Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Lampton Chapel — 0.7 mi away
- New Morning Star Church — 1.9 mi away
- Jerusalem Church — 2.1 mi away
- Rose Hill Church — 2.6 mi away
- St Mark Church of God — 2.7 mi away in Mound Bayou, MS
- Pilgrim Rest Church — 2.7 mi away