Mount Gillion Church

The community around Mount Gillion Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, 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 healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 49.4%
• Child Poverty: 47.4% (32.1–64.8%)
• Social Isolation: 40.5%
• Food Insecurity: 35.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 25.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.8%
• Diabetes: 20.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.8%
• Poverty Rate: 27.1% (16.0–38.3%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.0%
• Depression: 24.6%

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

Churches near Mount Gillion Church

• Amite-Arcola Church — 0.5 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Arcola — 1.6 mi away
• Big Zion A.M.E. Zion Church — 1.6 mi away
• Fluker Community Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away in Fluker, LA
• Fluker Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.9 mi away
• Big Creek Church — 2.3 mi away
• Holiness Church — 2.8 mi away
• Church of God — 3 mi away
• Saint Thomas Church — 3 mi away in Amite City, LA
• Nazarene Church — 3 mi away in Amite City, LA