Bethel A.M.E Church
Bethel A.M.E Church is a church at 97 John Smith Street in Shellman, GA 39886. It is one of 21 churches in Shellman.
97 John Smith Street, Shellman, GA, 39886Find Bethel A.M.E Church on The Church Map, explore nearby congregations, and pray for its community.
The community around Bethel A.M.E Church
It takes 7.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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.
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.7%
- Food Insecurity: 31.1%
- Diabetes: 21.5%
- Obesity: 44.0%
- Social Isolation: 38.9%
- Poverty Rate: 29.5% (19.7–39.4%)
- Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.0%
- Unemployment: 10.1% (1.3–19.5%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.6%
- Child Poverty: 28.5% (11.1–45.9%)
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 15.7%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.
Churches near Bethel A.M.E Church
- Union Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Shellman Methodist Church — 0.4 mi away
- Agape Ministries INC — 0.4 mi away
- First Baptist Church of Shellman — 0.5 mi away
- Pleasant Grove Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
- Rehoboth Baptist Church — 1.8 mi away
- Rehobeth Church — 1.8 mi away
- Union Hill Church — 2.8 mi away
- Enterprise Church — 3.7 mi away
- Oak Grove Church — 3.9 mi away in Dawson, GA