Walnut Grove Church

The community around Walnut 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 5 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than 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: 50.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 36.3%
• Food Insecurity: 35.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.5%
• Diabetes: 20.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.7%
• Child Poverty: 32.9% (17.5–48.3%)
• Poverty Rate: 27.4% (15.6–39.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.4%

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

Churches near Walnut Grove Church

• Sweet Kingdom Church — 2.3 mi away
• Thornton Church — 3.3 mi away
• Bethlehem Church — 3.3 mi away
• Evening Star Church — 3.7 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 3.9 mi away
• Saint Luke Church — 4.3 mi away in Yazoo City, MS
• Quofaloma Church — 4.4 mi away
• Promised Land Church — 4.4 mi away
• Refuge Chapel — 4.9 mi away in Belzoni, MS
• Eden Baptist Church — 5.1 mi away in Eden, MS