New Light Church

The community around New Light Church

It takes 4.6 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.3%
• Food Insecurity: 28.1%
• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Obesity: 42.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Child Poverty: 31.2% (16.7–45.7%)
• Depression: 28.5%
• Poverty Rate: 22.5% (14.5–30.5%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.8%
• Unemployment: 10.0% (4.0–15.9%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Light Church

• Hopewell Church — 0.9 mi away
• Baskin Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Baskin, LA
• Long Cherry Church — 2.3 mi away
• New Bethel Church — 2.5 mi away
• Morning Star Church — 2.7 mi away
• Maranatha Seventh Day Adventist — 3.1 mi away in Winnsboro, LA
• Mangham Baptist Church — 3.3 mi away in Mangham, LA
• Praise Fellowship — 3.5 mi away in Winnsboro, LA
• Baskin Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away in Baskin, LA
• Greater Pilgrim Rest Church — 4 mi away