Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Ruston, LA 71270. It is one of 83 churches in Ruston, and one of 3 Methodist congregations in the city.
Ruston, LA, 71270Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 74.5%
- Poverty Rate: 57.7%
- Social Isolation: 41.7%
- Depression: 32.1%
- Food Insecurity: 32.1%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.2%
- Obesity: 42.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
- Transportation Barriers: 19.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
- Unemployment: 7.3% (0.0–17.2%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church
- Pleasant Hill Baptist Church — 2.6 mi away
- Springhill CME Church — 2.7 mi away
- Prosperity Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
- Christ Temple Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
- University Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
- Barnet Springs Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
- Bethel Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away
- DaySpring Baptist Ministry — 3.5 mi away
- South Parkway Worship Center — 3.5 mi away
- Life Church LA — 3.6 mi away