Lela Church

The community around Lela Church

It takes 3.1 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 about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 26.2%
• Diabetes: 18.3%
• Obesity: 42.2%
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.0% (10.3–21.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.1%
• Poverty Rate: 19.2% (12.0–26.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.3%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Lela Church

• Hammock Springs Free Will Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Trinity United Methodist Church — 2 mi away
• Olive Grove Primitive Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Incarnation Catholic Church — 3.4 mi away
• Donalsonville Church of Christ — 3.5 mi away
• New Vision Christian Center — 3.8 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 4.3 mi away
• Friendship United Methodist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Corinth Church — 4.3 mi away