Bethlehem Baptist Church
Bethlehem Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Searcy, AR 72143. It is one of 81 churches in Searcy, and one of 15 Baptist congregations in the city.
Searcy, AR, 72143Bethlehem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,152 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Arkansas — 71,418 across the United States on The Church Map.
Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.
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The community around Bethlehem Baptist Church
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. More than a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand 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.
- Poverty Rate: 36.0% (22.2–49.9%)
- Food Insecurity: 25.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.2%
- Depression: 29.5%
- Obesity: 36.6%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.5%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.2%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.4%
- Unemployment: 6.3% (1.9–10.8%)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.
Searcy city is served by 26 churches — about one congregation for every 416 residents.
Churches near Bethlehem Baptist Church
- Park Ave Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- First Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Searcy Cumberland Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Trinity Episcopal Church — 0.4 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.4 mi away
- First United Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- College Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away
- Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
More Baptist churches nearby
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- Temple Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
- Searcy Church of God — 0.8 mi away
- West Race Baptist Church — 0.8 mi away