Verona Church

The community around Verona Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 45.3%
• Child Poverty: 44.8% (29.8–59.8%)
• Social Isolation: 42.7%
• Food Insecurity: 36.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.7%
• Diabetes: 19.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.0%
• Poverty Rate: 26.6% (18.8–34.5%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.7% (12.2–23.3%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.9%

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

Verona city is served by 6 churches — about one congregation for every 656 residents.

Churches near Verona Church

• Verona Church of Christ — 0.1 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses — 0.9 mi away
• Verona United Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away
• The Anchor Church — 1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Tabernacle of Faith — 1 mi away in Tupelo, MS
• Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Tupelo, MS — 1.1 mi away in Tupelo, MS
• Chandler Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.2 mi away
• Second Baptist M.B. Church Verona — 1.3 mi away
• Restoration Worship Center — 1.5 mi away in Tupelo, MS