Bethesda Temple Ministries

The community around Bethesda Temple Ministries

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 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: 70.3%
• Obesity: 49.7%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.0%
• Poverty Rate: 36.8% (23.4–50.2%)
• Diabetes: 24.3%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 21.3%
• Unemployment: 8.7% (1.6–15.7%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (8.6–18.5%)

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

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

Churches near Bethesda Temple Ministries

• Moncrief Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Greater Friendly Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• West 27th Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Pentecostal Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Royal Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Armor of Faith Christian Center — 0.3 mi away
• Morning Glory House of Prayer — 0.3 mi away
• Temple of Hope — 0.3 mi away
• Antioch Pentecostal Church — 0.4 mi away
• Holy Church of the Living God — 0.4 mi away