El Bethel Church

The community around El Bethel Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.

• Obesity: 49.4%
• Social Isolation: 40.9%
• Food Insecurity: 40.7%
• Poverty Rate: 38.2% (26.2–50.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.8%
• Diabetes: 25.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.1%
• Unemployment: 11.1% (2.7–19.7%)
• Child Poverty: 28.6% (10.5–46.8%)
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.3% (6.8–19.8%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 6 census tracts near this church.

Waycross city is served by 69 churches — about one congregation for every 161 residents.

Churches near El Bethel Church

• The Upper Room Outreach Ministries — 0.2 mi away
• Trinity Methodist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Sweetwater Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mason Temple Church of God — 0.3 mi away
• Macedonia Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Church of Christ — 0.3 mi away
• Pillar of Ground Sanctified Church — 0.3 mi away
• H.j. Echols Memorial Tabernacle — 0.3 mi away
• First Born Sanctified Church — 0.3 mi away
• Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away