Old Saint John Church

The community around Old Saint John Church

It takes 3.9 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 40.6%
• Social Isolation: 36.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.1%
• Food Insecurity: 23.6%
• Diabetes: 16.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
• Poverty Rate: 19.8% (10.7–28.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (8.2–18.6%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%

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

Churches near Old Saint John Church

• Saint Paul Church — 0.3 mi away
• New Saint John Church — 0.4 mi away
• Decell Memorial United Methodist Church — 1.3 mi away
• Wesson Baptist Church — 1.7 mi away
• Zion Hill Church — 2 mi away
• Hillcrest Church — 2.5 mi away
• Clear Branch Church — 2.5 mi away
• New Sight Baptist Church — 3 mi away in Brookhaven, MS
• Union Grove Church — 3 mi away
• Wesson United Pentecostal Church — 3.1 mi away