Encounter Worship Center

The community around Encounter Worship Center

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 83.9%
• Obesity: 52.7%
• Food Insecurity: 45.4%
• Poverty Rate: 44.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.2%
• Diabetes: 24.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.0% (14.3–29.7%)
• Social Isolation: 38.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.4%
• Unemployment: 11.5% (0.8–22.7%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Encounter Worship Center

• Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
• Sardis Church of Chirst — 0.6 mi away
• Heart Generation Church — 1 mi away
• Presbyterian Church of Sardis — 1.2 mi away
• Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church — 1.2 mi away
• Sardis United Methodist Church — 1.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Holy Innocents Episcopal Church — 1.3 mi away in Como, MS
• MT Zion Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away
• New Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away