Sardis Church

The community around Sardis Church

It takes 7.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third 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.

• Child Poverty: 50.5% (34.2–66.8%)
• Obesity: 47.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.8%
• Food Insecurity: 29.6%
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Social Isolation: 37.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
• Poverty Rate: 24.5% (16.5–32.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.3%
• Depression: 26.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.4%

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

Churches near Sardis Church

• Driskill Church — 1.5 mi away
• Mt Calm Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Shady Grove Church — 4 mi away
• Mount Temple Methodist Church — 4.1 mi away in Quitman, LA
• Union Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Quitman, LA
• Saline Ridge Baptist Church — 4.8 mi away in Arcadia, LA
• Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 5.1 mi away
• Bear Creek Church — 5.5 mi away
• Sandhill Baptist Church — 5.9 mi away in Quitman, LA
• Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 6.1 mi away