Friends of Rocky Springs Church

The community around Friends of Rocky Springs Church

It takes 3.8 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 more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 48.5%
• Social Isolation: 40.8%
• Food Insecurity: 36.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
• Diabetes: 20.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.7%
• Unemployment: 13.9% (1.2–26.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
• Poverty Rate: 27.8% (16.4–39.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.7% (10.8–22.6%)

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

Churches near Friends of Rocky Springs Church

• Central Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
• New Christian Fellowship — 0.5 mi away
• Temple Church Of Christ Holiness, USA- Port Gibson, MS — 0.7 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
• Port Gibson Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Magnolia Church — 0.8 mi away
• Saint James Episcopal Church — 0.8 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Port Gibson — 0.9 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away