Bright and Morning Star Church

The community around Bright and Morning Star Church

It takes 7.6 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 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.2%
• Food Insecurity: 26.7%
• Diabetes: 18.9%
• Obesity: 42.9%
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Child Poverty: 33.3% (18.3–48.3%)
• Depression: 27.5%
• Poverty Rate: 25.0% (16.2–33.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 18.4%

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

Churches near Bright and Morning Star Church

• Mount Olive Church — 1.5 mi away
• Star Point Church — 2.2 mi away
• Saint Mary Church — 2.6 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Corinth Church — 3 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• New Beulah Church — 3.2 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Elizabeth Church — 3.3 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Old Mary Magdalene Church — 4.6 mi away in Coushatta, LA
• Saint John the Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Sunshine Church — 5.4 mi away
• New Jerusalem Church — 5.6 mi away in Coushatta, LA