Bessemer Number 1 Church of God and Christ

The community around Bessemer Number 1 Church of God and Christ

Within about a mile of this church, more than 7 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 75.1%
• Obesity: 51.0%
• Food Insecurity: 47.3%
• Social Isolation: 42.6%
• Poverty Rate: 39.7% (24.2–55.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.6%
• Housing Insecurity: 32.2%
• Diabetes: 27.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 26.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 22.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.7%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.3% (5.9–18.6%)
• Unemployment: 7.8% (1.6–15.8%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Bessemer Number 1 Church of God and Christ

• Restoration Revival Tabernacle — 0.1 mi away
• Renewed Hope Ministries — 0.1 mi away
• Zion Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
• Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Porters Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• UNITY CME Church - Bessemer — 0.2 mi away
• New Zion Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Twentyeighth Street Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Paul Spiritual Church — 0.3 mi away