Wesson Baptist Church

The community around Wesson Baptist Church

It takes 3.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Social Isolation: 37.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.5%
• Food Insecurity: 23.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.8% (11.0–22.5%)
• Diabetes: 15.2%
• Obesity: 39.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.5%
• Child Poverty: 27.4% (14.0–42.2%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.1% (10.9–27.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.3%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (2.3–11.5%)

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

Churches near Wesson Baptist Church

• Decell Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 1.3 mi away
• Beauregard United Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
• St Peter Rock MB Church — 1.6 mi away
• Old Saint John Church — 1.7 mi away
• Wesson United Pentecostal Church — 2 mi away
• Union Grove Church — 2 mi away
• New Saint John Church — 2 mi away
• Zion Hill Church — 2.1 mi away
• Little Rock Church — 2.8 mi away