First Baptist Church of Verda

The community around First Baptist Church of Verda

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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression. 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: 40.8%
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Depression: 27.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
• Food Insecurity: 21.2%
• Diabetes: 16.5%
• Child Poverty: 28.8% (10.6–47.0%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.9%
• Poverty Rate: 20.6% (12.1–29.0%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%

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

Churches near First Baptist Church of Verda

• Mars Hill Church — 2.2 mi away
• New Hope Church — 2.4 mi away in Montgomery, LA
• Iatt Church — 3.6 mi away
• Hargis Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Montgomery, LA
• Bethlehem Church — 3.9 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 3.9 mi away
• D'artigo Church of God — 4.9 mi away in Colfax, LA
• Union Hill Church — 5.9 mi away in Montgomery, LA
• Mount Zion Church — 6 mi away in Montgomery, LA
• Nantachie United Pentecostal Church — 6.5 mi away in Montgomery, LA