Bethesda Faith Assembly Church

The community around Bethesda Faith Assembly Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 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.

• Child Poverty: 54.6% (36.1–73.1%)
• Obesity: 40.4%
• Poverty Rate: 27.8% (18.3–37.4%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.7%
• Diabetes: 15.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.2%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (5.8–17.5%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Jacksonville city is served by 807 churches — about one congregation for every 1,179 residents.

Churches near Bethesda Faith Assembly Church

• Greater True Vine Fire Baptized Holiness Church — 0.1 mi away
• Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist — 0.1 mi away
• Great Great Great Deliverance Ministries — 0.1 mi away
• Christ Temple Church of God in Unity — 0.1 mi away
• Little Rock Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Mother Midway AME — 0.2 mi away
• Sweetfield Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Mount Carmel Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away
• Eastside Church of Christ — 0.4 mi away