Oak Grove Church

The community around Oak Grove Church

It takes 4.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about 1 in 5 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 38.3% (21.6–55.0%)
• Social Isolation: 36.6%
• Food Insecurity: 21.4%
• Diabetes: 15.6%
• Obesity: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.6%
• Poverty Rate: 18.7% (6.8–30.6%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.3%

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

Churches near Oak Grove Church

• Dry Creek Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Mendenhall, MS
• Saint Peter Church — 2.4 mi away
• Dry Ridge Church — 2.7 mi away
• Stonewall Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Rose Hill Church — 3.7 mi away
• Mount Zion Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Church — 4.5 mi away
• James Chapel — 4.7 mi away
• Riverside Chapel — 4.9 mi away
• Mt Moriah Church — 6 mi away in Magee, MS