Mount Pisgah Church

The community around Mount Pisgah Church

It takes 5.9 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 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: 40.7%
• Social Isolation: 35.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
• Food Insecurity: 21.3%
• Diabetes: 16.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.7% (9.8–21.6%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.7%
• Child Poverty: 28.1% (16.3–40.0%)
• Poverty Rate: 17.9% (10.1–25.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%

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

Churches near Mount Pisgah Church

• Sandy Church — 0.6 mi away
• Pine Hill Church — 1.7 mi away
• Union Church — 2.1 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 2.3 mi away
• Olvis Grove Church — 3.5 mi away
• Indiana Church — 3.6 mi away in Charleston, MS
• Bethel Church — 3.8 mi away
• Paris Grove Church — 3.9 mi away
• Miracle Temple — 3.9 mi away
• Walnut Grove Church — 4 mi away in Charleston, MS