New Zion Church

The community around New Zion Church

It takes 5.0 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 40.7% (24.8–56.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 25.7%
• Diabetes: 18.2%
• Obesity: 43.5%
• Social Isolation: 36.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.8%
• Depression: 28.2%
• Poverty Rate: 22.6% (15.0–30.3%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.1%
• Unemployment: 6.2% (2.2–10.2%)

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

Churches near New Zion Church

• Union Vine Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Mount Zion United Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away
• Cool Springs Church — 2.4 mi away
• Maple Springs Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away
• Bethel United Methodist Church — 3.4 mi away
• Mim Springs Church — 3.4 mi away
• Zion Church — 3.5 mi away
• Cornerstone Ministries Cowboy Church — 3.7 mi away
• Wood Springs Church — 3.8 mi away in Grand Cane, LA
• Israelite Church — 4.4 mi away in Grand Cane, LA