New Light Church

The community around New Light Church

It takes 8.1 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 nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter 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.

• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.8%
• Food Insecurity: 23.7%
• Diabetes: 16.8%
• Unemployment: 8.2% (1.9–14.9%)
• Obesity: 40.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
• Child Poverty: 28.0% (12.1–43.9%)
• Depression: 26.1%
• Poverty Rate: 20.0% (11.1–28.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.8%

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

Churches near New Light Church

• Maitland Church — 2.3 mi away
• Foules Church of God — 2.5 mi away
• Sunnyside Church — 2.6 mi away in Clayton, LA
• Lower Tensas Church — 2.7 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• Saint Peters Church — 3.6 mi away in Ferriday, LA
• Springfield Church — 3.7 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• Alphenia Church — 3.7 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• Sunnyside Church — 3.7 mi away
• New Zion Church — 4.1 mi away
• Faith Church — 4.3 mi away