Pilgrims Rest Church

The community around Pilgrims Rest Church

It takes 4.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 6 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Child Poverty: 60.2% (42.0–78.5%)
• Obesity: 50.7%
• Food Insecurity: 38.6%
• Poverty Rate: 37.7% (27.9–47.5%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.0%
• Diabetes: 24.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.1%
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.2% (8.5–15.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Pilgrims Rest Church

• Bethel A M E Church — 1.6 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Zion Church — 1.8 mi away
• Mount Olive M. B. Church — 1.9 mi away
• Walk of Faith Covenant Church — 1.9 mi away
• Lampton Street Church of Christ — 2.1 mi away
• Bradford Chapel — 2.3 mi away in Shelby, MS
• Pleasant Grove Church — 2.3 mi away in Shelby, MS
• St Mark Church of God — 2.4 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 2.9 mi away