Ruston Church of God in Christ
Ruston Church of God in Christ is a church in Ruston, LA 71270. It is one of 83 churches in Ruston.
Ruston, LA, 71270Ruston Church of God in Christ is part of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family of churches in The American Church Story. 403 congregations of the Pentecostal (Trinitarian) family gather across Louisiana — 17,437 across the United States on The Church Map.
Pentecostalism began in a Los Angeles livery stable with Black and white believers worshiping together while segregation was the law, and it has become the fastest-growing Christian movement in history. Its recovery of the Spirit's gifts, and the songs it has written, have crossed into nearly every other tradition on this map.
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The community around Ruston Church of God in Christ
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than 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.
- Child Poverty: 82.5%
- Obesity: 55.8%
- Food Insecurity: 52.8%
- Poverty Rate: 50.2% (34.8–65.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 41.9%
- Social Isolation: 41.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 36.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 33.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 28.4%
- Diabetes: 24.1%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
- Depression: 28.2%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.3% (6.3–24.3%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.0%
- Unemployment: 6.8% (0.9–12.6%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Ruston city is served by 33 churches — about one congregation for every 658 residents.
Churches near Ruston Church of God in Christ
- New Hope Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Praise Temple Ruston — 0.4 mi away
- St Mary Baptist Church - Ruston, La — 0.4 mi away
- Southside Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Mays Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.6 mi away
- Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church — 0.8 mi away
- China Grove Church — 0.9 mi away
- Episcopal Church of the Redeemer — 1 mi away
- Word of Faith Ministries — 1 mi away
More Pentecostal churches nearby
- Lifepoint Church — 1 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 2.1 mi away
- First Pentecostal Church — 3 mi away
- Cathedral of Praise Worship Center — 4.9 mi away
- Calhoun Assembly of God Church — 14.6 mi away in Calhoun, LA