Guiding Light Church

The community around Guiding Light Church

It takes 5.1 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 about a third 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.

• Obesity: 46.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.1%
• Food Insecurity: 28.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 22.1%
• Diabetes: 18.4%
• Social Isolation: 34.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.9%
• Depression: 25.8%
• Child Poverty: 22.8% (14.5–31.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.4%
• Poverty Rate: 18.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.7%

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

Churches near Guiding Light Church

• Beaver Church — 2.1 mi away
• Chuculate Church — 2.2 mi away
• Rock Fence Church — 3.1 mi away in Stilwell, OK
• Log Cabin Church — 5.1 mi away
• Cherry Tree Church — 5.5 mi away in Stilwell, OK
• Rocky Point Church — 5.7 mi away in Sallisaw, OK
• Kingdom Church — 5.7 mi away in Stilwell, OK
• Sequoyah Church — 5.9 mi away in Stilwell, OK
• Salem Church — 6.2 mi away in Stilwell, OK
• Cherokee Hills Church — 6.2 mi away in Stilwell, OK