Saint Marks Mission Church

The community around Saint Marks Mission Church

It takes 6.0 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 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 45.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
• Food Insecurity: 28.9%
• Diabetes: 19.6%
• Social Isolation: 36.7%
• Depression: 27.1%
• Poverty Rate: 25.2% (14.3–36.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.8%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.2%
• Unemployment: 6.6% (0.1–13.6%)

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

Churches near Saint Marks Mission Church

• Slone Church — 1.5 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Mount Zion Church — 2.5 mi away
• Mount Zion Mission — 2.6 mi away
• St. Mark's Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Holly Church — 3.1 mi away
• New Friendship Church — 3.6 mi away in Frierson, LA
• New Saint Elizabeth Church — 4.2 mi away
• Red Lake Church — 4.5 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Sunshine Church — 4.5 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Rock Chapel — 4.7 mi away in Mansfield, LA