Martin Grove Church

The community around Martin Grove Church

It takes 6.0 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 more than a third 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: 48.4%
• Social Isolation: 40.1%
• Food Insecurity: 37.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.5%
• Poverty Rate: 32.1% (21.7–42.5%)
• Housing Insecurity: 26.5%
• Diabetes: 23.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.7%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.8%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.9% (7.3–18.5%)

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

Churches near Martin Grove Church

• Mount Pleasant Church — 1.7 mi away
• Emory Church — 2.1 mi away
• Emory Church — 2.4 mi away
• Friendship Church — 2.8 mi away
• Midway Church — 3.3 mi away
• Old County Line Church — 3.4 mi away
• First Pilgrim Rest Church — 3.7 mi away in Durant, MS
• Midway Church — 3.7 mi away
• Shiloh Church — 3.9 mi away
• Jeff Chapel — 3.9 mi away in Lexington, MS