Bethel Tabernacle Church

The community around Bethel Tabernacle Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 56.1% (40.5–71.8%)
• Obesity: 48.5%
• Food Insecurity: 34.7%
• Poverty Rate: 33.9% (23.2–44.6%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 30.4%
• Housing Insecurity: 26.0%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.6%
• Unemployment: 14.0% (7.1–20.9%)
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 17.7%
• Diabetes: 15.7%
• Depression: 24.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.1%

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

Mount Vernon city is served by 39 churches — about one congregation for every 277 residents.

Churches near Bethel Tabernacle Church

• First General Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Second Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away in Mt Vernon, IL
• First Church of the Nazarene — 0.1 mi away
• Church of God — 0.2 mi away
• Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Corinthian Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Blackwell Temple African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — 0.3 mi away
• Pentecostal Revival Center — 0.3 mi away
• Church of God — 0.3 mi away