Mount Herman Church

The community around Mount Herman Church

It takes 4.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third 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.

• Food Insecurity: 25.8%
• Obesity: 41.1%
• Social Isolation: 36.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.1%
• Diabetes: 17.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
• Child Poverty: 26.6% (12.4–40.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
• Poverty Rate: 17.3% (10.6–24.1%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (7.7–16.9%)

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

Churches near Mount Herman Church

• New Liberty Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Duncan Hill Church — 2.2 mi away in Calhoun City, MS
• Taylor Church — 2.2 mi away
• Vardaman United Methodist Church — 2.9 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Poplar Springs Baptist Church Reid, MS — 3.2 mi away
• Church of the Lord Jesus Christ — 3.3 mi away
• Youngs Chapel — 3.6 mi away
• Poplar Springs Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Oak Springs Church — 3.8 mi away in Calhoun City, MS