New Foundation Church

The community around New Foundation Church

It takes 5.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, 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.

• Food Insecurity: 42.8%
• Social Isolation: 40.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.8%
• Poverty Rate: 31.8% (21.0–42.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 30.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 23.0%
• Diabetes: 21.3%
• Unemployment: 20.2% (10.0–30.4%)
• Obesity: 44.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.8%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 14.7% (8.8–20.5%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Foundation Church

• Victorious Faith Ministries COGIC — 0.5 mi away
• New Bethel Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church — 0.9 mi away
• Steadfast Ministries — 0.9 mi away
• Saint Rest Church of God in Christ — 1 mi away
• Samuel Chapel United Methodist Church — 1 mi away
• Saint Mary Missionary Baptist Church — 1.1 mi away
• Itta Bena-Morgan City Presbyterian Church — 1.4 mi away
• First Methodist Church — 1.4 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away