Mekko Church

The community around Mekko Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 41.9%
• Social Isolation: 33.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
• Food Insecurity: 24.7%
• Poverty Rate: 22.2% (16.3–28.0%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.4%
• Diabetes: 15.0%
• Child Poverty: 28.8% (17.5–40.2%)
• Depression: 26.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.5%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (3.9–9.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mekko Church

• North McAlester Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Emmanuel Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away
• Christ United Methodist Church — 3.2 mi away
• McAlester Missionary Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away
• North Town Church of Christ — 3.4 mi away
• Northside Assembly of God — 3.5 mi away
• Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Living Word Church — 3.8 mi away
• Church of God - Seventh Day of McAlester — 3.8 mi away