Shady Grove Church

The community around Shady 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 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

• Obesity: 46.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.8%
• Food Insecurity: 27.4%
• Diabetes: 21.6%
• Child Poverty: 35.5% (16.0–55.0%)
• Social Isolation: 35.0%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.5%
• Poverty Rate: 28.6% (16.9–40.4%)
• Housing Insecurity: 19.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
• Unemployment: 6.9% (0.0–13.7%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Shady Grove Church

• Bethlehem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 2.4 mi away
• New Zion Church — 2.5 mi away
• Robinson Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away
• Mount Sinai Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away
• Mount Olive Church — 4.3 mi away
• Tickfaw Church — 4.3 mi away
• Cochran Chapel — 4.3 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 4.5 mi away in Magnolia, MS
• Webb Chapel — 4.6 mi away