Refuge Temple Church

The community around Refuge Temple Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 5 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,300 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.

• Poverty Rate: 48.3% (34.7–61.9%)
• Food Insecurity: 42.0%
• Social Isolation: 41.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 31.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.1% (9.1–35.2%)
• Diabetes: 18.3%
• Obesity: 41.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.0%
• Depression: 29.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 21.8%
• Child Poverty: 24.5% (18.3–32.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.0%
• Unemployment: 6.1% (1.8–15.0%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.

Churches near Refuge Temple Church

• Greater Tulane Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Grace United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Central Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
• Cosmopolitan Evangelistic Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Pentecostal Church of God in Christ — 0.2 mi away
• First Pentecostal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Blessed Mother of Charity Spiritual Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• Old Zion Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Life Church — 0.3 mi away