Forrest Aid Church

The community around Forrest Aid Church

It takes 4.3 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 nearly a quarter 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.

• Obesity: 45.5%
• Food Insecurity: 26.1%
• Diabetes: 18.3%
• Social Isolation: 36.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
• Unemployment: 8.4% (2.5–14.4%)
• Poverty Rate: 16.6% (10.9–22.3%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (7.2–16.0%)

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

Churches near Forrest Aid Church

• Smith Chapel — 1.3 mi away
• LVA Church — 2.3 mi away
• Woodson Temple — 2.7 mi away
• Crooked Bayou Church — 2.8 mi away
• Oasis of Love Church of God In Christ — 2.9 mi away
• New Hope Missionary Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Lakeside United Methodist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church — 3.1 mi away
• Pleasant Hope Church — 3.2 mi away
• Liberty Church — 3.2 mi away