Jerusalem Church

The community around Jerusalem Church

It takes 5.4 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: 49.4%
• Social Isolation: 40.2%
• Food Insecurity: 37.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.2%
• Diabetes: 21.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.5%
• Child Poverty: 39.9% (22.4–57.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
• Poverty Rate: 28.7% (17.0–40.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.1% (9.7–22.4%)
• Unemployment: 11.9% (0.7–23.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2% (10.3–17.0%)

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

Churches near Jerusalem Church

• Spring Hill Church — 1.3 mi away
• Little Come and See Church — 3.3 mi away
• Ashland Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away
• Little Come and See Church Number 2 — 3.5 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Magnolia Church — 4 mi away
• Rising Sun Baptist Church — 4 mi away
• Saint Marks Church — 4.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away
• Christian Chapel Church — 4.4 mi away