Saint Marks Church

The community around Saint Marks Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is 2,100 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: 47.6%
• Child Poverty: 44.9% (27.2–62.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.0%
• Poverty Rate: 37.8% (27.4–48.2%)
• Diabetes: 22.7%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 19.5% (14.1–24.8%)
• Depression: 24.5%
• Unemployment: 6.4% (2.0–10.9%)

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

Texarkana city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 362 residents.

Churches near Saint Marks Church

• Sunny Slope Church — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Pauls Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Assembly of God Church — 0.6 mi away
• St Paul's Missionary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Hamilton Memorial AME Church — 0.7 mi away
• Mount Sinai House of Prayer — 0.7 mi away
• Saint Paul United Methodist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Atlanta Street Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
• Sunset Church of God in Christ — 0.8 mi away
• Mt Orange Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away