Sardis Church

The community around Sardis Church

It takes 6.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Obesity: 43.8%
• Social Isolation: 35.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.8%
• Food Insecurity: 24.1%
• Poverty Rate: 23.4% (15.4–31.4%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.9% (12.1–25.8%)
• Unemployment: 9.1% (2.6–16.0%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.1%
• Child Poverty: 27.3% (11.6–43.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

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

Churches near Sardis Church

• Boykin Church — 3.7 mi away
• Oak Grove Church — 3.8 mi away in Polkville, MS
• Zion Church — 3.9 mi away
• Rock Bluff Church — 4 mi away
• White Oak Church — 4.2 mi away in Magee, MS
• Sharon Church — 4.8 mi away in Raleigh, MS
• Polkville First Baptist Church — 5.6 mi away in Polkville, MS
• Bethel Church — 5.8 mi away in Brandon, MS
• Union Baptist Church — 6.1 mi away in Brandon, MS
• Polkville Church — 6.3 mi away in Polkville, MS