Union Grove Church

The community around Union Grove Church

It takes 6.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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.

• Social Isolation: 34.6%
• Obesity: 39.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
• Poverty Rate: 20.4% (11.5–29.2%)
• Food Insecurity: 16.3%
• Diabetes: 13.8%

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

Churches near Union Grove Church

• New Lovewell Church — 0.7 mi away
• Lovewell Church — 1.2 mi away
• Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away in Richton, MS
• Mount Zion Church — 2.1 mi away
• Sandhill United Methodist Church — 3.2 mi away in Sand Hill, MS
• Piave Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away in Richton, MS
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 4.5 mi away in Richton, MS
• Brewer Baptist Church — 4.9 mi away in Richton, MS
• Zion Rest Church — 5.1 mi away
• County Line Church — 5.2 mi away