Bethel AME Church

The community around Bethel AME Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. More than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about a third describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

• Social Isolation: 41.6%
• Food Insecurity: 37.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 27.9%
• Obesity: 40.2%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.4%
• Poverty Rate: 26.3% (15.4–37.2%)
• Transportation Barriers: 19.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.6%
• Diabetes: 15.4%
• Unemployment: 10.9% (4.2–17.8%)
• Depression: 23.5%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.7%

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Bethel AME Church

• First Congregational Church of Barstow — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Pauls Episcopal Church — 0.2 mi away
• In HIS Presence Outreach Ministries — 0.3 mi away
• Greater Covenant Ministries Cogic — 0.3 mi away
• Iglesia De Restauración Barstow — 0.4 mi away
• Barstow Church — 0.4 mi away
• New Life Fellowship Church — 0.4 mi away
• Desert Fire — 0.4 mi away
• Freewill Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• The Connection Community Church — 0.4 mi away