Church of the Nazarene
Church of the Nazarene is a church in Bessemer, AL 35020. It is one of 167 churches in Bessemer.
Bessemer, AL, 35020Shares a ministry location with Grace & Truth Apostolic Church.
Church of the Nazarene is part of the Wesleyan-Holiness family of churches in The American Church Story. 97 congregations of the Wesleyan-Holiness family gather across Alabama — 4,365 across the United States on The Church Map.
The Wesleyan-Holiness churches have insisted that God does not merely forgive people, he changes them — and they took that straight to the poorest streets they could find. The Salvation Army's kettles and soup lines, a century of rescue missions, and an early and costly record of ordaining women all came out of this family.
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The community around Church of the Nazarene
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: 75.5%
- Obesity: 49.1%
- Food Insecurity: 45.4%
- Social Isolation: 42.3%
- Poverty Rate: 38.3% (21.4–55.3%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 30.6%
- Diabetes: 25.3%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.4%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 21.6%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 15.8% (7.5–24.0%)
- Unemployment: 9.3% (3.0–15.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Bessemer city is served by 71 churches — about one congregation for every 425 residents.
Churches near Church of the Nazarene
- Grace & Truth Apostolic Church — 0 mi away
- New Life Interfaith Ministries — 0.1 mi away
- Calvary Church of God — 0.1 mi away
- Ebenezer Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Alliance Church of Bessemer — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Bessemer — 0.2 mi away
- Metropolitan Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Morning Star United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Word of Faith Global Ministries — 0.2 mi away in Pelham, AL
More Wesleyan-Holiness churches nearby
- Pleasant Grove Church of The Nazarene — 6 mi away in Pleasant Grove, AL