Bethel Gospel Chapel

The community around Bethel Gospel Chapel

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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.

• Diabetes: 18.5%
• Child Poverty: 30.5% (11.1–49.9%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.6%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.4% (10.9–22.0%)
• Unemployment: 10.4% (4.8–16.0%)
• Obesity: 39.0%
• Poverty Rate: 16.5% (8.5–24.4%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Fort Lauderdale city is served by 59 churches — about one congregation for every 2,917 residents.

Churches near Bethel Gospel Chapel

• Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
• Pentecostal Assembly Inc — 0.1 mi away
• Lauderdale Manors Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
• Salem Seventh Day Adventist Community Center — 0.3 mi away
• Community Church of God — 0.5 mi away
• Awaken Church Fort Lauderdale — 0.5 mi away
• World Harvest Community Church of God — 0.5 mi away
• Lauderdale Manors Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Faith Temple Church of God In Christ — 0.6 mi away
• Restoring Grace Community Church — 0.6 mi away