New Light Church

The community around New Light Church

It takes 6.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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.

• Child Poverty: 40.3% (25.0–55.5%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.9%
• Food Insecurity: 28.0%
• Diabetes: 19.4%
• Obesity: 43.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.5%
• Depression: 28.4%
• Poverty Rate: 27.0% (18.8–35.3%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.5%
• Unemployment: 6.2% (2.2–10.2%)

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

Churches near New Light Church

• Mount Zion Church — 2 mi away in Coushatta, LA
• Social Springs Church — 3 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Saint Marks Church — 4.1 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Springhill Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Spring Hill Church — 4.5 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• East Point Mt Zion Baptist Church — 4.7 mi away in Coushatta, LA
• Bethel Church — 4.9 mi away in Coushatta, LA
• New Star Church — 5 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Saint Mathews Church — 5.3 mi away in Ringgold, LA
• Elizabeth Church — 5.3 mi away in Coushatta, LA