Oak Grove Church

The community around Oak Grove Church

It takes 6.6 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third 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.

• Obesity: 43.2%
• Social Isolation: 36.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.7%
• Food Insecurity: 24.4%
• Diabetes: 17.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.1% (7.6–24.7%)
• Child Poverty: 28.4% (11.0–45.8%)
• Poverty Rate: 18.1% (8.2–28.1%)
• Housing Insecurity: 17.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.1%

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

Churches near Oak Grove Church

• Pilgrim Rest Church — 0.8 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Church — 4.2 mi away in Newton, MS
• Palestine Baptist Church — 4.6 mi away
• The Cloud Church, Inc. — 5.7 mi away
• Pilgrim Grove Church — 5.7 mi away in Newton, MS
• Bartholomew Baptist Church — 5.8 mi away in Newton, MS
• Altarie Church — 5.8 mi away in Newton, MS
• Montrose Baptist Church — 5.9 mi away in Montrose, MS
• Mount Moriah Church — 6 mi away in Newton, MS
• Eureka Church — 6.5 mi away