Refuge In the Park
Refuge In the Park is a church at 401 Forsythe Ave in Monroe, LA 71201-4007. It is one of 195 churches in Monroe.
401 Forsythe Ave, Monroe, LA, 71201-4007Phone: +13183669491 · Website: http://www.refugeinthepark.org/
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The community around Refuge In the Park
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 a third of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand 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.
- Obesity: 41.9%
- Social Isolation: 37.0%
- Food Insecurity: 22.0%
- Unemployment: 9.8% (1.6–18.0%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.2%
- Depression: 26.0%
- Child Poverty: 23.4% (3.4–43.4%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.1%
- Poverty Rate: 20.8% (10.6–30.9%)
- Housing Insecurity: 16.8%
- Diabetes: 13.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Refuge In the Park
- Parkview Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Grace Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away in monroe, LA
- Auburn Avenue Church — 0.7 mi away
- Grace Covenant Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Trenton Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away in West Monroe, LA
- Ignite Children's Ministry FBCRayville — 0.7 mi away in Rayville, LA
- Cypress Street Church — 0.7 mi away in West Monroe, LA
- Good Life Ministries Church — 0.8 mi away
- Edgewood Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away in West Monroe, LA
- North 5th Street Church of Christ — 0.9 mi away in West Monroe, LA