Picayune Church of God

The community around Picayune Church of God

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 41.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.8%
• Child Poverty: 32.2% (15.8–48.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.8%
• Food Insecurity: 23.9%
• Diabetes: 16.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
• Poverty Rate: 21.6% (11.9–31.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.4% (6.0–16.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.2%
• Unemployment: 6.5% (0.0–14.6%)

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

Churches near Picayune Church of God

• Rivers Of Living Waters Apostolic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Anointed Dove Ministries — 0.5 mi away
• Antioch Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Goodyear Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• East Jerusalem Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Sycamore Church — 1.6 mi away in Carriere, MS
• Pilgrim Bound Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Restoration Apostolic Ministries — 1.7 mi away
• The Life Church — 1.8 mi away
• Weems Chapel United Methodist Church — 1.8 mi away