Sardis Church

The community around Sardis Church

It takes 4.7 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 of adults here carry depression. 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: 40.1%
• Social Isolation: 35.0%
• Depression: 27.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.8%
• Food Insecurity: 20.9%
• Diabetes: 16.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
• Child Poverty: 22.2% (9.3–35.5%)
• Poverty Rate: 16.1% (9.8–22.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.7%

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

Churches near Sardis Church

• First United Pentecostal Church — 1.8 mi away
• Forest Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Forest, LA
• Forest Corner Church of God — 2.7 mi away
• Bright Morning Star Baptist — 2.8 mi away
• Mt Olive Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• First Church of God — 3 mi away
• First United Methodist Church Family — 3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Sacred Heart Catholic Church — 3.2 mi away
• Trinity Baptist Church — 3.2 mi away