Ledford Grove Church

The community around Ledford Grove Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 34.9% (18.1–51.7%)
• Social Isolation: 33.1%
• Obesity: 38.4%
• Depression: 25.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
• Food Insecurity: 16.9%
• Diabetes: 14.2%
• Unemployment: 6.7% (1.9–11.5%)

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

Churches near Ledford Grove Church

• Pleasant Grove Church — 0.8 mi away in Shelby, NC
• Mulls Chapel — 1.3 mi away in Shelby, NC
• Wallace Grove Baptist Church — 1.6 mi away in Shelby, NC
• New Beginnings Church — 2.3 mi away in Shelby, NC
• Philadelphia Church — 2.6 mi away
• New Prospect Church — 2.7 mi away in Shelby, NC
• Jones Tabernacle CME — 2.8 mi away
• Blessed Way Baptist Church — 3 mi away
• Apostolic Church — 3 mi away in Shelby, NC
• Saint Paul Church — 3 mi away in Shelby, NC