New Friendship Church

The community around New Friendship Church

It takes 5.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, 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.

• Food Insecurity: 26.5%
• Diabetes: 18.5%
• Obesity: 44.0%
• Social Isolation: 36.6%
• Child Poverty: 33.3% (16.8–49.9%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.9%
• Depression: 27.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.3%
• Poverty Rate: 21.7% (12.8–30.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 18.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.8%
• Unemployment: 6.5% (1.7–11.3%)

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

Churches near New Friendship Church

• Bethel Church — 1.5 mi away in Grand Cane, LA
• Bethel United Methodist Church — 2.5 mi away
• Union Mission Church — 2.6 mi away in Grand Cane, LA
• Cornerstone Ministries Cowboy Church — 2.7 mi away
• Wood Springs Church — 3.3 mi away in Grand Cane, LA
• New Bethany Church — 4 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Cedar Hill Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Mansfield, LA
• Friendship Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away in Grand Cane, LA
• Mount Olivet Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away
• Israelite Church — 4.6 mi away in Grand Cane, LA