First United Church

The community around First United Church

It takes 3.4 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter 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: 40.5%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.4%
• Food Insecurity: 24.5%
• Diabetes: 15.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
• Poverty Rate: 20.4% (10.3–30.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.1% (6.3–22.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Morton city is served by 8 churches — about one congregation for every 406 residents.

Churches near First United Church

• Line Creek Church — 1.5 mi away
• Eastside Church — 1.8 mi away in Pelahatchie, MS
• Fairs Hill Church — 2 mi away in Pelahatchie, MS
• Pilgrim Rest MBC — 3.3 mi away
• Parkway Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away
• Church of God — 3.5 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Church — 3.8 mi away
• Two Mile Church — 3.9 mi away
• St. Luke Church of God in Christ — 4 mi away in Pelahatchie, MS
• Mount Carmel Church — 4 mi away