Mount Olive Church

The community around Mount Olive Church

It takes 7.2 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: 31.2%
• Food Insecurity: 28.7%
• Diabetes: 19.4%
• Obesity: 43.5%
• Child Poverty: 38.7% (22.9–54.5%)
• Social Isolation: 36.7%
• Depression: 27.2%
• Poverty Rate: 26.9% (18.3–35.5%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 19.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.8%

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

Churches near Mount Olive Church

• Corinth Church — 1.5 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Bright and Morning Star Church — 1.5 mi away
• New Beulah Church — 1.7 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Old Mary Magdalene Church — 3.1 mi away in Coushatta, LA
• Star Point Church — 3.6 mi away
• Saint Mary Church — 3.7 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Elizabeth Church — 4.3 mi away in Shreveport, LA
• Fellowship Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away in Coushatta, LA
• Mount Carmel Church — 5.2 mi away
• Willow Grove Church — 5.5 mi away in Coushatta, LA