Grand Bayou Church

The community around Grand Bayou Church

It takes 5.5 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 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.

• Child Poverty: 57.1% (41.1–73.0%)
• Obesity: 46.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.1%
• Poverty Rate: 33.7% (24.3–43.1%)
• Food Insecurity: 32.5%
• Diabetes: 21.8%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Depression: 28.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.6%
• Unemployment: 10.3% (4.1–16.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Grand Bayou Church

• Saint Marys Church — 1.8 mi away
• Evergreen Church — 2.4 mi away
• New Star Church — 3 mi away
• Israelite Church — 3.1 mi away
• Fizer Memorial Church of God In Christ — 3.1 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Pleasant Grove Church — 3.5 mi away
• Victory Life Center — 3.7 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Ringgold Church of Christ — 3.8 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• First United Methodist Church — 4 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church — 4.1 mi away in Ringgold, LA