Mount Sharon Church

The community around Mount Sharon Church

It takes 6.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.1%
• Food Insecurity: 28.7%
• Diabetes: 19.7%
• Social Isolation: 35.5%
• Poverty Rate: 28.5% (17.9–39.1%)
• Depression: 27.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.5%
• Unemployment: 8.1% (2.7–13.7%)
• Obesity: 39.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
• Child Poverty: 23.7% (7.2–40.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.0%

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

Churches near Mount Sharon Church

• Bethel Church — 2.6 mi away in Marion, LA
• Bird Chapel — 3.1 mi away in Marion, LA
• Beulah Baptist Church — 4.7 mi away in Farmerville, LA
• Antioch Church — 4.7 mi away in Marion, LA
• Pleasant Hill Church — 4.8 mi away in Strong, AR
• Liberty Church — 5 mi away
• Good Hope Church — 5.3 mi away in Marion, LA
• Fellowship Church — 5.3 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Baptist Church — 5.6 mi away in Farmerville, LA
• Sweet Union Church — 5.7 mi away