Pilgrims Rest Church

The community around Pilgrims Rest 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 about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third 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: 48.0%
• Food Insecurity: 32.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.2%
• Diabetes: 20.7%
• Social Isolation: 36.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.8%
• Poverty Rate: 25.7% (13.4–38.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.0% (7.1–18.9%)
• Unemployment: 6.2% (1.1–13.9%)

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

Churches near Pilgrims Rest Church

• Mud Lake Church — 2.5 mi away in Crenshaw, MS
• Easley Church — 2.8 mi away in Crenshaw, MS
• Black Church — 2.9 mi away in Batesville, MS
• Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away
• Mount Evia Church — 3.8 mi away in Batesville, MS
• Mount Olive Church — 4.1 mi away in Batesville, MS
• Swango Church — 4.3 mi away in Batesville, MS
• Shiloh Church — 4.5 mi away in Batesville, MS
• Springhill Church — 4.8 mi away in Crenshaw, MS
• Fairview Church — 4.8 mi away in Crenshaw, MS