Bethel Church

The community around Bethel Church

It takes 4.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, 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.

• Obesity: 46.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.7%
• Food Insecurity: 28.0%
• Diabetes: 19.8%
• Social Isolation: 35.5%
• Child Poverty: 35.4% (20.1–50.7%)
• Poverty Rate: 25.7% (16.5–34.9%)
• Housing Insecurity: 20.5%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 14.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 13.6%
• Unemployment: 6.6% (1.8–11.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Bethel Church

• Pleasant Hill Church — 0.8 mi away
• Bethel Temple Church of God — 2.2 mi away in Mounds, IL
• Shiloh Church — 2.4 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 2.4 mi away in Mounds, IL
• St Paul Ame Church — 2.5 mi away in Mounds, IL
• Mounds Church of Christ — 2.6 mi away in Mounds, IL
• Church of God and Son — 2.6 mi away in Mounds, IL
• Mounds Church of Christ — 2.8 mi away in Mounds, IL
• True Light Church — 3.3 mi away
• Edith Chapel — 3.3 mi away