Mt Carmel Baptist Church

Mt Carmel Baptist Church is a church at 1865 Highway 79 in Homer, LA 71040. It is one of 18 churches in Homer.

1865 Highway 79, Homer, LA, 71040

Phone: (318) 927-3475 · Website: http://mtcarmelbaptistchurch.net

Mt Carmel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Mt Carmel Baptist Church

It takes 4.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, 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.

  • Child Poverty: 54.1% (40.1–68.1%)
  • Obesity: 47.7%
  • Food Insecurity: 35.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 30.1% (20.5–39.7%)
  • Diabetes: 21.2%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.3%
  • Social Isolation: 36.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.7%
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.4%
  • Depression: 25.3%

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

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