Promised Land Church

The community around Promised Land Church

It takes 6.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Child Poverty: 56.9% (41.6–72.3%)
• Obesity: 50.0%
• Social Isolation: 41.5%
• Food Insecurity: 36.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
• Poverty Rate: 32.7% (20.2–45.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 27.0%
• Diabetes: 22.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.6%
• Unemployment: 6.6% (2.2–10.9%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Promised Land Church

• Thornton Church — 1.7 mi away
• Good Hope Church — 1.9 mi away
• Goodhope MB Church — 1.9 mi away
• Sweet Kingdom Church — 2.1 mi away
• New Jerusalem Church of God In Christ — 2.4 mi away
• Quofaloma Church — 3.2 mi away
• Marcella Church — 3.6 mi away in Belzoni, MS
• Annie York Church — 3.9 mi away
• Refuge Chapel — 4.1 mi away in Belzoni, MS
• Walnut Grove Church — 4.4 mi away