New Jerusalem Church

The community around New Jerusalem Church

It takes 6.6 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 about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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: 40.8%
• Social Isolation: 35.6%
• Child Poverty: 33.1% (19.1–47.3%)
• Depression: 27.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.8%
• Food Insecurity: 23.3%
• Poverty Rate: 22.1% (13.7–30.6%)
• Diabetes: 17.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

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

Churches near New Jerusalem Church

• Elizabeth Church — 2.6 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• New Era Church — 2.9 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Saint John the Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• East Point Mt Zion Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away
• True Vine Church — 3.5 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Saint Mary Church — 3.5 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Liberty Hill Church — 4.2 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Saint Marks Church — 5.2 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Mount Zion Church — 5.4 mi away
• Bright and Morning Star Church — 5.6 mi away in Mansfield, LA