Gilfield Church

The community around Gilfield Church

It takes 5.6 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. 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: 33.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
• Diabetes: 23.4%
• Social Isolation: 37.5%
• Child Poverty: 37.3% (22.8–51.8%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.7%
• Poverty Rate: 26.8% (17.8–35.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 23.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
• Unemployment: 9.3% (3.1–16.0%)
• Transportation Barriers: 16.4%

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

Churches near Gilfield Church

• Saint John Church — 2.1 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 2.8 mi away
• Cool Coosa Church — 3.2 mi away
• Lakeshore Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away
• First United MBC — 3.8 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• Saint Mary Church — 4.1 mi away
• Shiloh Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• Saint Mark Church — 5 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• Waterproof United Methodist Church — 5.1 mi away in Waterproof, LA
• Myrtle Grove Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in Waterproof, LA