Walker Church

The community around Walker Church

It takes 6.2 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: 54.3% (38.4–70.2%)
• Obesity: 49.7%
• Food Insecurity: 36.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.3%
• Poverty Rate: 35.9% (26.4–45.3%)
• Diabetes: 24.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.2%
• Social Isolation: 37.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.8%
• Depression: 26.1%

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

Churches near Walker Church

• Springville United Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• First Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Athens, LA
• Faith Memorial Baptist Church — 2.5 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• First Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• Pine Grove Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away in Gibsland, LA
• Piney Grove Church — 4 mi away
• Taylor Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away in Taylor, LA
• Mount Lebanon Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away in Mount Lebanon, LA
• Center Mission Church of God — 5.3 mi away in Athens, LA