Bethany United Methodist Church
Bethany United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in New Orleans, LA 70126. It is one of 821 churches in New Orleans, and one of 43 Methodist congregations in the city.
New Orleans, LA, 70126Website: http://www.bethanyumcnola.org/
Bethany United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Bethany United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,300 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: 69.8% (49.9–89.7%)
- Social Isolation: 42.0%
- Food Insecurity: 28.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.7%
- Housing Insecurity: 22.1%
- Poverty Rate: 22.1% (5.9–38.2%)
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.3%
- Diabetes: 17.0%
- Obesity: 36.5%
- Depression: 25.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 14.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
New Orleans city is served by 579 churches — about one congregation for every 657 residents.
Churches near Bethany United Methodist Church
- Saint Gabriel The Archangel Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Orleans Baptist Theological — 0.5 mi away
- Holy Cross Lutheran Church — 0.5 mi away
- Hope United Christian Fellowship — 0.7 mi away
- Morning Star Missionary Baptist — 0.7 mi away
- Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 0.7 mi away
- Gentilly Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away
- New Beginnings Church — 0.9 mi away
- Martin Chapel — 1 mi away
- Bethel Community Baptist Church — 1 mi away