Shilake Church

The community around Shilake Church

It takes 8.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Child Poverty: 57.0% (40.6–73.4%)
• Obesity: 48.8%
• Food Insecurity: 36.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
• Poverty Rate: 31.6% (21.1–42.2%)
• Housing Insecurity: 25.0%
• Diabetes: 22.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.8%
• Social Isolation: 38.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Unemployment: 10.0% (3.1–17.0%)
• Depression: 23.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Shilake Church

• Mount Nebo Church — 2.6 mi away in St Joseph, LA
• Saint Matthew Church — 3.6 mi away
• Lakewood Church — 3.6 mi away in St Joseph, LA
• Flowery Mount Church — 4.1 mi away in St Joseph, LA
• Church of Christ — 4.8 mi away
• St Joseph United Pentecostal Church — 4.9 mi away in St Joseph, LA
• Saint John Church — 4.9 mi away in St Joseph, LA
• Solomon Church — 5 mi away
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 5.2 mi away in Saint Joseph, LA
• First Baptist Church — 5.5 mi away in Newellton, LA