Refuge Temple

The community around Refuge Temple

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 85.5%
• Obesity: 53.1%
• Social Isolation: 41.1%
• Food Insecurity: 40.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.7%
• Poverty Rate: 33.6% (20.3–47.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 29.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.4%
• Diabetes: 20.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
• Depression: 24.1%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (4.1–22.1%)

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

Churches near Refuge Temple

• The Fathers House — 0.6 mi away
• St John Holiness Church — 0.7 mi away
• Mossville Truth Tabernacle — 0.9 mi away
• First Pentecostal Church Lake Charles — 0.9 mi away
• True Light Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Mt Moriah Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Hillcrest Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Catholic Charismatic Renewal — 1.2 mi away
• Throne of Grace Fellowship — 1.2 mi away
• Eastdale Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away