Zion Church

Zion Church is a church in Roxie, MS 39661. It is one of 27 churches in Roxie.

The MZMF has dedicated several new memorials–the headstone of Frank Stokes in the abandoned Hollywood Cemetery, Memphis, TN; the flat companion stone of Ernest “Lil’ Son Joe” Lawlars in Walls, MS; and in Greenville, MS, the flat markers of T-Model Ford and Eddie Cusic, and the unique, yet humble, he

The Mt. Zion Memorial Fund (MZMF) was named after Mount Zion Missionary Baptist (MB) Church (f. 1911) outside Morgan City, Mississippi.

Roxie, MS, 39661

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The community around Zion Church

It takes 7.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

  • Food Insecurity: 26.0%
  • Diabetes: 18.5%
  • Obesity: 41.0%
  • Social Isolation: 37.5%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
  • Transportation Barriers: 13.1%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.5% (7.4–17.6%)

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

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