Shady Grove Church

The community around Shady Grove Church

It takes 6.8 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: 51.6% (36.2–66.9%)
• Obesity: 49.5%
• Social Isolation: 41.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.4%
• Food Insecurity: 35.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.9%
• Poverty Rate: 32.2% (18.9–45.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 26.5%
• Diabetes: 22.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%

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

Churches near Shady Grove Church

• Oak Grove Church — 0.9 mi away
• Tredwell Grove Church — 1.8 mi away
• Popular Springs Church — 2.7 mi away
• Trinity MBC Church — 3 mi away
• Trinity Church — 3.2 mi away
• Hebron Church — 4.4 mi away
• New Jerusalem Church of God In Christ — 5.1 mi away in Tchula, MS
• Promised Land Church — 5.4 mi away in Tchula, MS
• Harland Creek Church — 5.4 mi away
• New Hope Church — 5.6 mi away