Melton Grove Church

The community around Melton Grove Church

It takes 3.3 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 about 1 in 5 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: 40.8%
• Social Isolation: 34.6%
• Food Insecurity: 20.8%
• Diabetes: 16.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.5%
• Depression: 23.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 15.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.8% (5.5–20.1%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.8%

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

Churches near Melton Grove Church

• Thomasville Church — 0.4 mi away
• Hamer Creek Baptist — 0.8 mi away
• Providence Church — 1.9 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Church — 2.2 mi away
• St Stephens AMEC — 2.3 mi away
• Hamer Creek Church — 2.3 mi away
• Saint Stephen Church — 2.3 mi away
• Mount Airy Church — 2.8 mi away
• Mountain Grove AME Zion Church — 3 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 3 mi away in Mount Gilead, NC