New Bethem Church

The community around New Bethem Church

It takes 6.8 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 about a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 45.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.0%
• Food Insecurity: 29.0%
• Diabetes: 18.8%
• Social Isolation: 36.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.9%
• Child Poverty: 29.8% (14.9–44.8%)
• Depression: 23.0%
• Poverty Rate: 19.3% (11.2–27.3%)
• Transportation Barriers: 14.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.3%
• Unemployment: 6.1% (1.2–11.3%)

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

Churches near New Bethem Church

• New Bethel Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Loggy Bayou Baptist Church — 2.3 mi away
• Jerusalem Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Tillar Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Morning Star Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away
• Tillar United Methodist Church — 3.7 mi away
• Sweet Home Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away in Dermott, AR
• Seven Star Missionary Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away in Reed, AR
• Oak Grove Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 4.8 mi away in Dermott, AR