First United Methodist Church

The community around First United Methodist Church

It takes 5.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 42.3%
• Social Isolation: 35.3%
• Depression: 29.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.2%
• Food Insecurity: 20.6%
• Diabetes: 16.2%
• Unemployment: 9.8% (4.3–15.7%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
• Child Poverty: 26.9% (10.7–43.2%)
• Poverty Rate: 21.1% (12.8–29.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.2%

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

Churches near First United Methodist Church

• Gueydan International Church — 0 mi away
• Gueydan United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Peter the Apostle Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
• Hubbard United Church of Christ — 0.6 mi away
• St John The Baptist Catholic Church — 6.8 mi away in Morse, LA
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — 6.9 mi away in Morse, LA
• Saint Davids Church — 7.3 mi away
• The Holy Ghost Chapel — 8.8 mi away in Morse, LA
• Saint Theresa Church — 9.3 mi away