Saint Thomas Church

The community around Saint Thomas Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third have no one they feel they can count on. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 44.0%
• Social Isolation: 39.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.5%
• Food Insecurity: 24.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.2%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
• Diabetes: 14.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.0%

Source: CDC PLACES (2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Amite City town is served by 15 churches — about one congregation for every 162 residents.

Churches near Saint Thomas Church

• Greater Refuge Temple Ministries — 0.1 mi away in Amite, LA
• Crossbrand Cowboy Church Loranger, LA — 0.4 mi away in Loranger, LA
• First United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Amite Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• Church of the Incarnation — 0.7 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Amite — 0.7 mi away
• Nazarene Church — 0.7 mi away
• Amite Church of Christ — 0.8 mi away
• New Life Worship & Praise Center — 0.9 mi away in Amite, LA
• First Southern Methodist Church — 0.9 mi away