Oak Grove Baptist Church

Oak Grove Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Van Buren, AR 72956. It is one of 81 churches in Van Buren, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.

Our vision is to preach the gospel to the lost, disciple the saved, and grow the Kingdom of God by creating mature Christians who go forward to fulfill the Great Commission.

Van Buren, AR, 72956

Phone: (479) 474-6674 · Website: http://www.ogbcvb.org/

Oak Grove Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,140 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arkansas — 71,872 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

Ministries at Oak Grove Baptist Church

  • Adult Ministries & Bible Study
  • Youth & Children Ministries
  • Sunday School
  • Sunday Evening Services
  • Wednesday Night Services
  • Women on Mission

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The community around Oak Grove Baptist Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 40.8% (25.2–56.5%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.6%
  • Food Insecurity: 27.4%
  • Obesity: 40.9%
  • Social Isolation: 36.8%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.8% (16.3–35.4%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.8%
  • Depression: 26.5%
  • Housing Insecurity: 19.5%
  • Diabetes: 14.2%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (6.8–19.8%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.2%
  • Unemployment: 7.7% (0.5–14.9%)

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

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