Oak Grove Church

The community around Oak Grove Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 40.6%
• Social Isolation: 34.2%
• Child Poverty: 31.7% (20.6–43.1%)
• Food Insecurity: 21.1%
• Diabetes: 15.3%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 24.3%
• Depression: 24.0%
• Poverty Rate: 16.6% (11.4–21.8%)
• Housing Insecurity: 16.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.2% (8.3–18.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.0%

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

Churches near Oak Grove Church

• Greater Victory Apostolic Church — 1 mi away
• Brown Chapel — 1 mi away
• McCoy Chapel — 1.7 mi away
• Mc Coys Chapel Church — 1.7 mi away
• Wheat Swamp Church — 2 mi away in La Grange, NC
• Branch Grove Church — 2.1 mi away in La Grange, NC
• Victory Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away in Kinston, NC
• Hull Road Church — 2.5 mi away
• Jumping Run Church — 2.7 mi away in La Grange, NC
• Jones Tabernacle — 3.4 mi away in Kinston, NC