Shady Grove Church

The community around Shady Grove Church

It takes 5.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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.

• Obesity: 40.8%
• Social Isolation: 36.2%
• Child Poverty: 31.3% (18.9–43.9%)
• Depression: 28.9%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.5%
• Food Insecurity: 23.8%
• Diabetes: 16.8%
• Unemployment: 10.4% (4.5–16.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.2%
• Poverty Rate: 21.3% (14.2–28.3%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.2%

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

Churches near Shady Grove Church

• Saint Matthew Church — 0.8 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 1.2 mi away
• Morning Star Church — 1.8 mi away in Rayville, LA
• Mount Zion Church — 2.9 mi away in Rayville, LA
• Long Cherry Church — 3 mi away
• Little Creek Church — 3 mi away
• Alto Baptist Church — 3 mi away in Rayville, LA
• Victory Church — 3.1 mi away in Rayville, LA
• Morning Star Church — 3.1 mi away
• China Grove Church — 3.1 mi away