Old Bay Springs Church

The community around Old Bay Springs Church

It takes 3.6 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 45.0%
• Food Insecurity: 26.8%
• Child Poverty: 37.7% (20.8–56.1%)
• Social Isolation: 37.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.9%
• Diabetes: 17.8%
• Poverty Rate: 20.3% (12.0–28.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.7% (5.5–17.8%)

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

Churches near Old Bay Springs Church

• Cherry Grove Church — 1.8 mi away
• Pine Valley Church — 1.9 mi away
• Clear Creek Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Bay Springs, MS
• Pine Valley Church — 2.4 mi away
• Eden Missionary Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Stringer, MS
• Edon Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away in Stringer, MS
• Summerland Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• New Home Church — 3.4 mi away in Bay Springs, MS
• First Presbyterian Church — 3.9 mi away
• Providence Primitive Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away in Stringer, MS