Saint Marks Church

The community around Saint Marks Church

It takes 7.7 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 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.0%
• Food Insecurity: 27.1%
• Diabetes: 19.0%
• Unemployment: 12.3% (3.4–21.4%)
• Obesity: 41.2%
• Social Isolation: 37.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
• Depression: 26.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Saint Marks Church

• The Pentecostals of Batchelor — 2.6 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Church — 2.9 mi away
• Greater Saint Marks Church — 3.6 mi away
• Mount Moriah Church — 3.9 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 4.1 mi away
• New Zion Church — 4.6 mi away
• Little Zion Church — 4.9 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 4.9 mi away
• Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Church — 5.3 mi away in Innis, LA
• St Ann Catholic Church — 5.3 mi away in Morganza, LA