Venable Church

The community around Venable Church

It takes 5.5 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 about a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.4%
• Poverty Rate: 33.7% (21.7–45.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 32.8%
• Unemployment: 26.1% (12.8–39.4%)
• Diabetes: 21.3%
• Obesity: 43.3%
• Social Isolation: 37.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
• Depression: 25.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.5%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Venable Church

• Day Church — 0.4 mi away
• Spring Creek Church — 1.9 mi away in Kentwood, LA
• Center Church — 3 mi away
• New Zion Church — 3.5 mi away in Kentwood, LA
• Pine Ridge Church — 4 mi away in Kentwood, LA
• Red Bluff Church — 4.4 mi away
• Mitchell Church — 5.2 mi away
• Saint Helena Church — 5.6 mi away
• Black Creek Church — 5.8 mi away
• Taylor Creek Baptist Church — 6 mi away in Kentwood, LA