Bethel Baptist Church
Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1196 North Academy Street in Galesburg, IL 61401. It is one of 61 churches in Galesburg, and one of 6 Baptist congregations in the city.
Bethel has a long and beautiful history of God faithfully leading our church since 1888 here in Galesburg, IL.
1196 North Academy Street, Galesburg, IL, 61401Website: http://www.mybethel.com/
Bethel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Bethel Baptist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.
- Social Isolation: 33.1%
- Obesity: 39.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.3%
- Food Insecurity: 17.8%
- Poverty Rate: 16.5% (8.8–24.1%)
- Diabetes: 13.4%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Galesburg city is served by 37 churches — about one congregation for every 432 residents.
Churches near Bethel Baptist Church
- Star of Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Good News Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Covenant Church — 0.4 mi away
- Radiant Worship Center — 0.5 mi away
- Church of the Open Bible — 0.5 mi away
- First Church of Christ Scientist — 0.5 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.5 mi away
- Greater Heights Worship Center — 0.5 mi away
- Colonial Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- New Life Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away