Shady Grove Church

The community around Shady Grove Church

It takes 5.4 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third 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: 50.2% (34.2–66.3%)
• Obesity: 47.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.2%
• Food Insecurity: 31.2%
• Diabetes: 20.5%
• Social Isolation: 37.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
• Poverty Rate: 26.6% (18.3–34.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 21.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.4%
• Depression: 26.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.2%

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

Churches near Shady Grove Church

• Oak Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 2 mi away
• Mt Calm Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Fellowship Baptist Church — 2.9 mi away
• Sardis Church — 4 mi away
• Springhill Baptist Church — 4 mi away in Ruston, LA
• Saline Ridge Baptist Church — 4.1 mi away in Arcadia, LA
• Simsboro Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away
• Driskill Church — 5.2 mi away
• Simsboro Grace Community Church — 5.3 mi away
• Walnut Creek Church — 5.6 mi away