New Bethlehem Church

The community around New Bethlehem Church

It takes 6.4 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 nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 10 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it. 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: 45.8%
• Food Insecurity: 25.9%
• Unemployment: 12.5% (5.1–19.9%)
• Social Isolation: 38.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 20.1%
• Diabetes: 17.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.0%
• Depression: 23.6%
• Poverty Rate: 19.5% (9.8–29.1%)

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

Churches near New Bethlehem Church

• Mount Vernon Church — 1.6 mi away
• New Mount Zion Church — 2.3 mi away in Clarkedale, AR
• Lake Grove Church — 3.3 mi away in Jericho, AR
• Macedonia Church — 3.8 mi away
• Paradise Church — 4.2 mi away in Clarkedale, AR
• Philadelphia Church — 4.5 mi away
• Pleasant Hill Church — 4.5 mi away
• New Mount Pisgah Church — 4.5 mi away
• Jerusalem Church — 5.1 mi away in Clarkedale, AR
• Saint Pauls Church — 5.2 mi away in Earle, AR