Old Morning Star Church

The community around Old Morning Star Church

It takes 7.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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.

• Food Insecurity: 26.1%
• Obesity: 41.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
• Depression: 27.9%
• Diabetes: 17.5%
• Unemployment: 11.6% (3.5–19.7%)
• Poverty Rate: 19.4% (12.1–26.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.4%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Old Morning Star Church

• Bayou des Glaises Church — 3.7 mi away
• Christ the King Catholic Church — 3.7 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Saint James Church — 3.8 mi away
• Simmesport United Pentecostal Church — 3.8 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Tree of Calvary Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Saint Matthew Church — 4.3 mi away
• Mount Calvary Church — 4.3 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Greater New Bethel Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Tabernacle Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away in Simmesport, LA
• Saint Michael Catholic Church — 4.4 mi away in Rexmere, LA