Saint Samuel Church

The community around Saint Samuel Church

It takes 4.8 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 nearly a quarter 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: 41.3%
• Social Isolation: 37.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.0%
• Depression: 27.1%
• Food Insecurity: 23.2%
• Diabetes: 17.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.5%
• Poverty Rate: 16.4% (10.2–22.7%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.8%
• Unemployment: 6.5% (2.6–10.3%)

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

Churches near Saint Samuel Church

• Union Chapel — 1.3 mi away
• Trinity Episcopal Church — 3.1 mi away in Cheneyville, LA
• Saint Joseph Catholic Church — 3.5 mi away in Cheneyville, LA
• 2nd Edgefield Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Cheneyville, LA
• Oak Grove Church — 4.8 mi away
• Saint Martin Catholic Church — 4.9 mi away in Lecompte, LA
• Union Baptist Church — 5 mi away in Lecompte, LA
• First United Methodist Church — 5 mi away in Lecompte, LA
• Lecompte Church of God In Christ — 5.1 mi away in Lecompte, LA
• First Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away in Lecompte, LA