New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Social Isolation: 38.0%
• Poverty Rate: 24.6% (14.9–34.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 17.5%

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

Churches near New Salem Church

• United Church — 1.3 mi away
• Lafayette Oxford University Church of Christ — 1.5 mi away
• Wellspring Community Church — 2.1 mi away
• Wellspring Community Church — 2.2 mi away
• Paris-Yates Chapel — 3 mi away in University, MS
• Bevely Church — 3.1 mi away
• Fulton Chapel — 3.2 mi away in University, MS
• Old Chapel — 3.2 mi away
• New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away
• Rebels for Christ — 3.4 mi away