Church of the Advent

The community around Church of the Advent

It takes 2.5 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 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third 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.

• Obesity: 46.5%
• Child Poverty: 42.2% (24.4–60.0%)
• Food Insecurity: 36.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.4%
• Diabetes: 22.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Poverty Rate: 26.2% (17.9–34.4%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (10.0–23.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.5%
• Unemployment: 6.8% (1.8–11.8%)

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

Churches near Church of the Advent

• Marion Presbyterian Church — 0.1 mi away
• Marion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• First United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• The Greater Highway Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Bethel United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Door of Hope Christian Church — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Johns African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mount Pisgah Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mount Olive Seventh Day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Faith Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ — 0.5 mi away