Union Grove Church

The community around Union Grove Church

It takes 6.2 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. 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: 56.0% (39.2–72.8%)
• Obesity: 46.2%
• Social Isolation: 40.2%
• Food Insecurity: 39.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.5%
• Poverty Rate: 30.6% (20.3–41.0%)
• Housing Insecurity: 27.9%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.8%
• Diabetes: 20.3%
• Unemployment: 14.9% (6.8–23.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.4% (11.1–23.7%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.5%

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

Churches near Union Grove Church

• Rock of Ages Church — 2 mi away in Sunflower, MS
• New Jerusalem Church — 2.6 mi away
• Zion Rock Church — 3.1 mi away in Sunflower, MS
• Half Mile Church — 3.3 mi away
• Williams Chapel — 3.4 mi away
• New Foundation Church — 4.8 mi away
• Travelers Rest Church — 5.1 mi away in Sunflower, MS
• Pleasant Valley Church — 5.1 mi away
• Zion Chapel — 5 mi away in Sunflower, MS
• Union Grove Church — 5.2 mi away in Sunflower, MS