Oakland Church

The community around Oakland Church

It takes 4.3 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 about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter 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.

• Obesity: 42.6%
• Social Isolation: 34.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
• Diabetes: 15.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.1%
• Food Insecurity: 19.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (7.6–18.1%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Oakland Church

• New Salem Church — 1.5 mi away
• Theo Church of Christ — 2 mi away in Walnut, MS
• Marlow Church of Christ — 2.1 mi away in Walnut, MS
• Mount Hebron Church — 3.3 mi away
• Macedonia Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away in Walnut, MS
• Hopewell Presbyterian Church — 4.1 mi away
• Walnut Church of Christ — 4.3 mi away in Walnut, MS
• Harmony Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away in Walnut, MS
• Walnut Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Walnut, MS
• Walnut United Methodist Church — 4.7 mi away in Walnut, MS