Bethesda Church

The community around Bethesda Church

It takes 2.7 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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.

• Social Isolation: 32.1%
• Depression: 23.3%
• Child Poverty: 22.3% (6.4–38.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 21.4%
• Food Insecurity: 15.9%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Bethesda Church

• Trinity Church — 2.4 mi away in Laurel, DE
• Kings United Methodist Church — 3.5 mi away in Laurel, DE
• Line United Methodist Church — 4.8 mi away
• Calvary Wesleyan Church — 5.3 mi away in Millsboro, DE
• Saint Pauls United Methodist Church — 5.3 mi away in Laurel, DE
• Bay Shore Community Church — 5.3 mi away in Millsboro, DE
• Melson United Methodist Church — 5.4 mi away in Delmar, MD
• Joshua House Ministries — 5.4 mi away in Millsboro, DE
• Carey Church — 5.4 mi away in Millsboro, DE
• Old Christ Church League — 5.5 mi away in Laurel, DE