Woodlawn Baptist Church

Woodlawn Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Petal, MS 39465. It is one of 47 churches in Petal, and one of 15 Baptist congregations in the city.

Petal, MS, 39465

Woodlawn Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,420 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Woodlawn Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 36.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 23.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.3% (10.2–24.4%)
  • Unemployment: 8.3% (3.1–13.5%)
  • Obesity: 36.3%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.9%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.1%
  • Poverty Rate: 16.6% (7.9–25.3%)
  • Diabetes: 13.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.6%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Petal city is served by 17 churches — about one congregation for every 483 residents.

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