New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 4.0 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: 41.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.5%
• Food Insecurity: 23.7%
• Diabetes: 16.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
• Child Poverty: 24.8% (13.4–36.1%)
• Poverty Rate: 17.6% (11.6–23.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (7.9–18.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.5%

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

Churches near New Salem Church

• Mount Zion Church — 2.1 mi away
• Pilgrim Church — 2.4 mi away in New Houlka, MS
• Shiloh Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away in New Houlka, MS
• Troy Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Center Hill Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in New Houlka, MS
• Prairie Mount Church — 3.4 mi away in Okolona, MS
• Union Chapel — 4.3 mi away in Okolona, MS
• New Hope Church — 4.3 mi away in Okolona, MS
• Red Oak Grove Church — 5.1 mi away in Shannon, MS
• Union Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in Okolona, MS