Bethel A M E Church

The community around Bethel A M E Church

It takes 4.8 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of adults say they are socially isolated. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Child Poverty: 45.6% (26.4–64.7%)
• Obesity: 45.1%
• Social Isolation: 40.4%
• Food Insecurity: 32.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.8%
• Diabetes: 21.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 24.3%
• Poverty Rate: 23.7% (13.9–33.4%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.7% (12.3–25.0%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 18.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 15.7%
• Unemployment: 6.4% (2.2–10.6%)

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

Churches near Bethel A M E Church

• Bethel AME Church — 0 mi away
• Second Morning Star M.B. Church — 0.6 mi away
• Attapulgus Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• Attapulgus United Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
• New Jerusalem Church — 1 mi away
• Attapulgus Church of God — 1 mi away
• Mount Olive AME Church — 2.8 mi away
• Oak Grove M.B. Church — 3 mi away
• Smith Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 3.1 mi away
• Old St. Paul Church — 3.5 mi away