Big Bend Church

The community around Big Bend Church

It takes 5.4 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 about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 32.6%
• Food Insecurity: 30.5%
• Diabetes: 18.9%
• Obesity: 43.6%
• Social Isolation: 37.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
• Depression: 28.8%
• Poverty Rate: 24.5% (15.8–33.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.3%
• Unemployment: 9.0% (3.3–14.8%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.9%

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

Churches near Big Bend Church

• Saint Catherine Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 1.2 mi away
• True Vine Church — 2.2 mi away
• Shiloh Church — 2.7 mi away
• Mount Calvary Church — 3 mi away
• Tabernacle Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Saint James Church — 4.3 mi away
• Simmesport United Pentecostal Church — 4.3 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Tree of Calvary Baptist Church — 4.4 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Saint Mark Church — 4.6 mi away