Mount Obie Church

The community around Mount Obie Church

It takes 5.7 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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: 30.2%
• Food Insecurity: 28.9%
• Obesity: 44.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Child Poverty: 34.7% (20.1–52.1%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.9%
• Diabetes: 17.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Poverty Rate: 19.3% (9.7–28.9%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%

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

Churches near Mount Obie Church

• Saint Paul Church — 2 mi away
• Sharon Church — 2.3 mi away
• Rising Star Church — 2.8 mi away
• Center Springs Church — 3.5 mi away
• Bethel Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Haynesville, LA
• Union Grove Church — 4.7 mi away
• Bethel Church — 4.8 mi away in Haynesville, LA
• First Church of God of Homer — 4.9 mi away
• Forest Grove Baptist Church — 5.2 mi away
• Antioch Baptist Church — 6 mi away