Saint Gertrude Church

The community around Saint Gertrude Church

It takes 3.9 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 adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 42.3%
• Social Isolation: 36.0%
• Child Poverty: 30.7% (13.6–47.9%)
• Depression: 29.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.9%
• Food Insecurity: 21.4%
• Diabetes: 15.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.9%
• Poverty Rate: 21.4% (12.3–30.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

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

Churches near Saint Gertrude Church

• Immanuel Worship Center — 1.3 mi away in Jennings, LA
• The Holy Ghost Chapel — 4 mi away in Morse, LA
• Antioch Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away in Lake Arthur, LA
• In Jesus Name Ministries — 4.4 mi away in Jennings, LA
• Our Savior's Church Jennings — 4.4 mi away in Jennings, LA
• First Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Lake Arthur, LA
• Saint Paul Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away in Jennings, LA
• Lake Arthur First United Methodist Church — 4.7 mi away in Lake Arthur, LA
• Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church — 4.7 mi away in Lake Arthur, LA
• Power House Church of God In Christ — 4.8 mi away in Jennings, LA