Morning Star Church

The community around Morning Star Church

It takes 3.4 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 30.0%
• Food Insecurity: 27.1%
• Obesity: 41.9%
• Social Isolation: 36.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
• Depression: 28.4%
• Diabetes: 16.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.3%
• Poverty Rate: 21.6% (12.3–30.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.4%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (1.5–12.3%)

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

Churches near Morning Star Church

• Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church — 1.6 mi away in Plaucheville, LA
• Point Of Life Community Church — 1.9 mi away in Plaucheville, LA
• Old Zion Church — 3.1 mi away
• Golden Chain Church — 3.1 mi away
• Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Cottonport, LA
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 3.7 mi away in Dupont, LA
• Cottonport Pentecostal Church — 3.9 mi away in Cottonport, LA
• Saint Mary’s Assumption Catholic Church — 4 mi away in Cottonport, LA
• Bayou Jacque Church — 4.6 mi away
• Little Zion Church — 5.4 mi away