Oak Grove Church

The community around Oak Grove Church

It takes 6.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, 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.

• Child Poverty: 40.4% (24.1–56.7%)
• Obesity: 41.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
• Poverty Rate: 24.3% (17.0–31.6%)
• Diabetes: 16.5%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.1% (10.2–20.1%)
• Unemployment: 8.0% (3.5–12.7%)
• Social Isolation: 31.0%
• Depression: 26.3%
• Food Insecurity: 19.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

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

Churches near Oak Grove Church

• Roland Church — 3.2 mi away
• Shady Nook Church — 3.6 mi away
• Webb Creek Baptist Church — 4.5 mi away in Ellington, MO
• Mount Olive Church — 5.1 mi away
• Lower Doe Run Church — 5.4 mi away
• Dry Hill Church — 5.6 mi away
• Yount Church — 5.9 mi away
• Harvest Baptist Church — 7 mi away in Piedmont, MO
• Peachtree General Baptist Church — 7.6 mi away in Piedmont, MO
• Evangelistic Center Church — 7.6 mi away