Mount Zion Church

The community around Mount Zion Church

It takes 3.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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.

• Social Isolation: 37.9%
• Obesity: 39.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
• Depression: 26.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.7%
• Food Insecurity: 18.8%
• Diabetes: 14.5%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Zion Church

• New Sharon Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Sharon Church — 3 mi away in Amite, LA
• Saint Dominic Church — 3.2 mi away in Loranger, LA
• Lee Valley Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away in Loranger, LA
• Pleasant Valley Church — 4.2 mi away in Loranger, LA
• Oceola Church of God In Christ — 4.5 mi away in Loranger, LA
• Sharp Church — 4.7 mi away in Franklinton, LA
• Oak Grove Church — 4.8 mi away in Franklinton, LA
• San Pedro Church — 4.9 mi away in Franklinton, LA
• Friendship Baptist Church — 5 mi away in Amite, LA