Belah Church

The community around Belah Church

It takes 5.0 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 more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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: 36.9%
• Obesity: 37.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
• Depression: 25.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
• Food Insecurity: 18.2%
• Unemployment: 6.5% (2.0–10.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Belah Church

• Belah United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
• Fellowship Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• McVey Church — 1.9 mi away
• Wild Horse Ministries Inc — 2.5 mi away in Trout, LA
• Eden United Methodist Church — 2.7 mi away
• Mars Hill Baptist Church — 3 mi away in Jena, LA
• United Church — 3.2 mi away in Jena, LA
• Jena Church Of God — 3.3 mi away in Jena, LA
• Midway Pentecostal Church — 3.8 mi away in Jena, LA
• Hurricane Creek Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away in Jena, LA