Union Grove Church

The community around Union Grove Church

It takes 2.8 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 of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter 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.

• Obesity: 41.9%
• Social Isolation: 35.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
• Food Insecurity: 21.2%
• Diabetes: 15.3%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 15.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.1% (7.5–18.8%)

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

Churches near Union Grove Church

• Holy Temple Church of God — 2 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 2 mi away
• Bois D'Arc Church — 2.2 mi away in Myrtle, MS
• Glenfield Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Oak Hill Church — 2.4 mi away in Myrtle, MS
• Shady Grove Church — 2.7 mi away in Myrtle, MS
• Victory Church of the Lord Jesus Christ — 2.7 mi away
• Sanctuary — 2.7 mi away
• Covenant Church — 2.7 mi away
• Lighthouse Baptist Church. — 2.9 mi away