Oak Grove Church

The community around Oak Grove Church

It takes 4.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 2 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter 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.

• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.7%
• Poverty Rate: 26.2% (15.8–36.7%)
• Food Insecurity: 23.2%
• Diabetes: 18.0%
• Obesity: 39.7%
• Social Isolation: 31.7%
• Child Poverty: 29.2% (9.2–49.2%)
• Depression: 24.0%
• Housing Insecurity: 16.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.8% (6.2–17.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.7%

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

Churches near Oak Grove Church

• Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 1.2 mi away
• Cherry Grove Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Tabor City, NC
• Hickory Grove Baptist Church — 2.7 mi away in Fair Bluff, NC
• Spring Branch Church — 2.8 mi away
• Wanamaker Church — 3.3 mi away
• Grassy Bay Church — 3.4 mi away in Green Sea, SC
• Gapway Baptist Church — 3.4 mi away in Tabor City, NC
• Floyds Church — 3.8 mi away
• Mount Vernon Church — 4.6 mi away
• Hill Chapel — 4.8 mi away