New Salem Church

The community around New Salem Church

It takes 5.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. 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.

• Obesity: 41.8%
• Social Isolation: 35.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.0%
• Food Insecurity: 23.4%
• Diabetes: 17.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
• Depression: 26.9%
• Poverty Rate: 18.9% (11.4–26.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Salem Church

• New Enterprise Church — 3.3 mi away in Natchitoches, LA
• Evergreen Church — 3.6 mi away in Natchitoches, LA
• Pleasant Hill Church — 3.7 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 3.9 mi away
• Saint Marthas Church — 3.9 mi away in Natchitoches, LA
• Union Hill Church — 4 mi away
• Holy Church — 4 mi away
• Northside Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away
• New Beginnings Worship Center — 4.4 mi away
• St Patrick's Catholic Church — 4.4 mi away