Mount Oliva Church

The community around Mount Oliva 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 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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.

• Child Poverty: 51.2% (34.6–65.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 26.7%
• Diabetes: 18.7%
• Obesity: 42.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
• Poverty Rate: 26.5% (15.7–37.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.4%
• Unemployment: 9.5% (2.0–17.3%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.0%
• Depression: 25.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Mount Oliva Church

• New Saint John Church — 1.4 mi away
• Dunbarton Church — 1.5 mi away
• Saint Peters Church — 1.8 mi away
• Foules Church of God — 2 mi away
• Faith Church — 2 mi away
• Maitland Church — 2.4 mi away
• Cash Bayou Church — 2.9 mi away in Harrisonburg, LA
• New Light Church — 4.4 mi away
• Rose Grove Church — 5 mi away
• Sunnyside Church — 5.2 mi away