Wesley Foundation
Wesley Foundation is a Methodist church in Monroe, LA 71212. It is one of 195 churches in Monroe, and one of 7 Methodist congregations in the city.
Monroe, LA, 71212Wesley Foundation is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Wesley Foundation
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. 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.
- Poverty Rate: 52.0% (38.5–65.5%)
- Obesity: 48.4%
- Food Insecurity: 47.2%
- Social Isolation: 44.7%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.0%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.9%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 27.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 26.1%
- Depression: 29.0%
- Diabetes: 15.9%
- Unemployment: 11.8% (4.5–19.1%)
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.4% (8.9–19.8%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Monroe city is served by 86 churches — about one congregation for every 472 residents.
Churches near Wesley Foundation
- Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship — 0.1 mi away
- College Place Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Greater New Antioch Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- College Town Assembly of God Church — 0.3 mi away
- Memorial United Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Spiritual Harvest Worship Center — 0.3 mi away
- ULM Chi Alpha — 0.3 mi away
- Thrive College Ministry — 0.3 mi away
- University Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- New Life Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away