Waverly, MS

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City Score 48 · Liberty · Clay County · Mississippi

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What churches in Waverly serve the community?

1 church in Waverly, MS is listed on JoyProject. Within 10 miles of Waverly there are 115 more, including Shady Grove Church (1.6 mi), Union Star Missionary Baptist Church (2.5 mi), and Seventeen Section Church (2.7 mi).

How can I volunteer near Waverly?

There are 232 volunteer opportunities with churches and ministries within 25 miles of Waverly, MS in the next 30 days. The next one is Evening Prayer Groups with Victory Tabernacle on Thursday, November 12. Pick one on JoyProject to see the details and sign up to serve.

What is Waverly's City Score?

Waverly, MS scores 48 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026: Condition 59 (the city from public data) and Movement 31 (how the church is moving). It is updated weekly, every number with its source.

City Score: Waverly, MS

Waverly, MS scores 48 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026. Condition 59 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 31 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

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State-wide for every index: the numbers for Violent crime, Property crime, Drug overdose deaths, Legal gambling, Given to local needs in Joy, Needs met in Joy, Volunteers mobilized in Joy, New believers in Joy, Searches for a church in Joy, Foster and adoptive families in the churches, Christian colleges and universities, Divorces, Marriages, Religious Liberty in the States score, Safeguards fully in law, State Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Anti-Christian hate crimes, School choice, Protections for the unborn, Homeschool freedom, and Tone of news coverage of Christianity are published for Mississippi as a whole, not by city, so every Mississippi city carries Mississippi's numbers.

Mississippi scores 47 out of 100, Liberty since Oct 2026 (Condition 59 · Movement 30).

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What's moving it

  • 9 prayer gatherings (Prayer, listed from church websites)
  • 33 ways to serve (Service, listed from church websites)
  • 34 gatherings (Gathering, listed from church websites)
  • 268 churches listed (Unity, listed from church websites)
  • 18 Bible studies (Discipleship, listed from church websites)

The condition of Waverly, MS

  • What Waverly is up against: 25 out of 100 — Better than 96% of cities, up 6 points (Mississippi state-wide)
  • Where grace is growing: 57 out of 100 — Better than 100% of cities (Mississippi state-wide)
  • Marriage & family: 23 out of 100 — Better than 13% of cities (Mississippi state-wide)
  • Christian liberty: 80 out of 100 — Better than 90% of cities, down 1 point (Mississippi state-wide)

Christianity on the Move in Waverly, MS

A non-biased rating of Christian values across the cultural areas of impact, from public data: 1 to 100, higher is more favourable. Waverly, MS rates 55 out of 100: Stirring across 7 of 8 areas.

  • The Church: 63, Faithful
  • The Family: 23, Divided
  • Education: 59, Searching
  • Government: 83, Righteous
  • Media: 49, Mixed
  • Arts & Entertainment: 55, Mixed
  • Business: 46, Fair
  • Compassion: 64, Merciful

Every measure behind Waverly, MS's ratings

What takes Waverly, MS to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 2 → 40
  • Unity: Unity 12 → 45
  • Prayer: Prayer 0 → 45
  • Discipleship: Discipleship 0 → 45

What affected it

  • This quarter: Drug overdose deaths up 29 percentile points (What Waverly is up against)
  • This quarter: Marriages down 17 percentile points (Marriage & family)
  • This quarter: Property crime down 10 percentile points (What Waverly is up against)

Waverly, MS over time

  • — Entered Liberty

The full City Score for Waverly, MS, every indicator with its source

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