Union Church

The community around Union Church

It takes 6.3 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 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: 44.1%
• Social Isolation: 34.6%
• Depression: 28.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
• Food Insecurity: 22.3%
• Diabetes: 17.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
• Child Poverty: 23.9% (11.3–36.4%)
• Poverty Rate: 17.8% (11.4–24.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%
• Unemployment: 6.1% (1.4–10.8%)

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

Churches near Union Church

• Union Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in Florien, LA
• Gandy Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Florien — 1.8 mi away in Florien, LA
• Bright Star Church — 2.1 mi away in Florien, LA
• Prospect United Methodist Church — 2.4 mi away
• Toro Missionary Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Ebenezer Church — 3.1 mi away
• Pilgrim Star Baptist — 3.1 mi away in Florien, LA
• Old Pilgrim Star Church — 3.1 mi away
• New Pilgrim Star Church — 3.1 mi away