Bethel Baptist Church of Cosby, Missouri

The community around Bethel Baptist Church of Cosby, Missouri

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 47.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.3%
• Food Insecurity: 26.8%
• Social Isolation: 33.0%
• Depression: 27.9%
• Poverty Rate: 22.0% (11.3–32.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.9% (10.7–23.2%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.5%
• Diabetes: 14.5%

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

Churches near Bethel Baptist Church of Cosby, Missouri

• Word of Faith Church — 0.2 mi away in Saint Joseph, MO
• Heaven Road Church of God In Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away in Saint Joseph, MO
• Emmanuel SDA Church — 0.4 mi away
• Saint Francis Baptist Temple — 0.4 mi away in Saint Joseph, MO
• Trinity Brethern Church — 0.4 mi away in Saint Joseph, MO
• Wyatt Park Christian Church — 0.4 mi away in Saint Joseph, MO
• Holsey Chapel Independent Christian Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away in Saint Joseph, MO
• Ebenezer African Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away in Saint Joseph, MO
• Jesus Tabernacle Pentecostal — 0.5 mi away