Bethel AME Church-Rising

The community around Bethel AME Church-Rising

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 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 more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. That is 2,200 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: 45.7%
• Social Isolation: 43.0%
• Food Insecurity: 38.5%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 33.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.1%
• Diabetes: 24.8%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.6%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.8%
• Poverty Rate: 28.8% (17.3–40.3%)
• Transportation Barriers: 18.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.9% (7.2–20.6%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%

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

Churches near Bethel AME Church-Rising

• First Baptist Church Rising — 0.1 mi away
• Rising Star Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Bush Hills Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church West Princeton — 0.4 mi away
• Sardis Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Hunter Street Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Mt Calvary Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• CBF Ministries International — 0.6 mi away
• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.6 mi away
• West End Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away