Bethel Church

The community around Bethel Church

It takes 3.3 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 the people here live below the poverty line, and nearly a quarter of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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: 30.8%
• Poverty Rate: 30.8% (18.1–43.6%)
• Food Insecurity: 28.9%
• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Unemployment: 12.3% (2.5–22.4%)
• Obesity: 43.8%
• Social Isolation: 38.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 18.3% (10.7–25.8%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 15.4%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
• Transportation Barriers: 14.7%

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

Churches near Bethel Church

• Holy Trinity Catholic Church — 0.4 mi away
• Harvester Baptist Mission — 0.4 mi away
• Swainsboro Presbyterian Church — 0.5 mi away
• St Philip Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• First Methodist Church — 0.8 mi away
• Victory Temple Church — 0.9 mi away
• United Primitive Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• First Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Pages of Life Christian Worship Centre — 0.9 mi away
• Saint James Baptist Church — 1 mi away