Piney Grove Church

The community around Piney Grove Church

It takes 6.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 45.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.1%
• Food Insecurity: 28.7%
• Diabetes: 20.1%
• Social Isolation: 35.7%
• Child Poverty: 34.4% (20.1–48.8%)
• Poverty Rate: 24.8% (15.9–33.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
• Depression: 26.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.1%

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

Churches near Piney Grove Church

• Pine Grove Baptist Church — 0 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• Taylor Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Taylor, LA
• New Home Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• Gilgal Church — 3.2 mi away
• Walker Church — 4 mi away
• Springville United Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• First Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away in Athens, LA
• Faith Memorial Baptist Church — 5 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• First Baptist Church — 5.4 mi away in Gibsland, LA