Carolina Church

The community around Carolina Church

It takes 4.5 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 more than 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: 42.3%
• Social Isolation: 37.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.5%
• Food Insecurity: 23.7%
• Diabetes: 16.3%
• Unemployment: 12.0% (2.6–21.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.4% (7.3–17.5%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%

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

Churches near Carolina Church

• Pine Grove Church — 2 mi away
• Laurel Hill Church — 2.1 mi away
• New Prospect Church — 2.5 mi away
• Madden Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Carthage, MS
• Mount Bethany Church — 2.9 mi away
• New Bethel Church — 3 mi away
• Shield of Faith Ministry Church — 3.6 mi away
• Cherry Chapel — 3.6 mi away in Carthage, MS
• Prairie Chapel — 4.1 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 4.4 mi away