New Testament Church

The community around New Testament Church

It takes 4.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the people here live below the poverty line, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Poverty Rate: 33.6%
• Food Insecurity: 30.4%
• Obesity: 41.3%
• Social Isolation: 38.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.1%
• Depression: 29.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.6%
• Diabetes: 14.5%
• Unemployment: 7.6% (2.5–12.7%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Testament Church

• Saint Marks Church — 1 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 1.6 mi away
• Berean Church — 1.7 mi away
• Clara Springs Baptist Encampment — 1.9 mi away in Pelican, LA
• Oak Grove Church — 2 mi away
• New Life Evangelism Center — 2.2 mi away
• Emmanuel Church — 2.6 mi away
• Old Bethel Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away
• Coldwater Church — 2.7 mi away
• Williams Chapel — 2.8 mi away