Hepzibah Church

The community around Hepzibah Church

It takes 5.3 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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter 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: 46.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.5%
• Food Insecurity: 28.3%
• Diabetes: 20.4%
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.0%
• Poverty Rate: 28.2% (19.1–37.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
• Child Poverty: 26.0% (9.7–42.3%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.3%
• Unemployment: 7.0% (1.5–12.6%)

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

Churches near Hepzibah Church

• Mount Zion Church — 1.4 mi away
• Palestine Church — 3 mi away
• Rose Hill Church — 3.5 mi away
• Christ Church — 3.9 mi away
• Progress Church of God & Christ — 4.1 mi away in Prentiss, MS
• China Lee Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away
• Chinalee Church — 4.4 mi away
• Zion Community Church of God — 4.7 mi away in Oak Vale, MS
• Church of God — 5.4 mi away
• Old Silver Creek Church — 5.6 mi away