Mount Bethel Church

The community around Mount Bethel Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third 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.

• Social Isolation: 42.0%
• Food Insecurity: 35.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 20.0%
• Obesity: 43.5%
• Child Poverty: 37.9% (21.4–54.4%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.9%
• Poverty Rate: 29.9% (17.4–42.3%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.0%
• Transportation Barriers: 19.2%
• Diabetes: 15.1%
• Unemployment: 11.4% (3.7–19.2%)
• Depression: 26.8%

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

Churches near Mount Bethel Church

• Charismatic Fellowship Church — 0.5 mi away
• Saint Catherine Church — 0.7 mi away
• Brown Church — 1.6 mi away
• Gifield Baptist Church — 1.9 mi away
• Gilfield Church — 1.9 mi away
• Christ Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• Second Baptist Church of West Baton Rouge — 2.2 mi away
• New Life Apostolic — 2.2 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Port Allen — 2.4 mi away
• Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses — 2.5 mi away