Bethel Presbyterian Church
Bethel Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian church in Peoria, IL 61605. It is one of 236 churches in Peoria, and one of 9 Presbyterian congregations in the city.
Peoria, IL, 61605Bethel Presbyterian Church is part of the Presbyterian family of churches in The American Church Story. 473 congregations of the Presbyterian family gather across Illinois — 11,639 across the United States on The Church Map.
Presbyterians gave American Christianity much of its backbone: seminaries, catechisms, and shared government by elders rather than by one man, a habit that shaped the country's civic life as much as its churches. They have been among the most persistent builders of colleges, hospitals, and mission agencies this nation has.
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The community around Bethel Presbyterian Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 69.4%
- Obesity: 48.6%
- Food Insecurity: 44.9%
- Social Isolation: 40.5%
- Poverty Rate: 37.4% (22.2–52.6%)
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 32.8%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 25.5%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.2%
- Diabetes: 21.5%
- Unemployment: 14.5% (4.6–24.3%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.9%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.7%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Peoria city is served by 130 churches — about one congregation for every 773 residents.
Churches near Bethel Presbyterian Church
- Southern Valley Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Blaine Street Christian Center — 0.2 mi away
- Central Church of God — 0.2 mi away
- Christ Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Calvary Full Gospel Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Beginnings Worship Center of the Apostolic Faith — 0.3 mi away
- United Mennonite Church — 0.3 mi away
- Love in Faith Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- Servant Of Christ Ministries — 0.3 mi away
- Church of the Living God — 0.3 mi away
More Presbyterian churches nearby
- Korean Presbyterian Church — 1.1 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 1.1 mi away
- Arcadia Avenue Presbyterian Church — 2.9 mi away
- Redeemer Presbyterian Church — 3.1 mi away
- Pottstown Presbyterian Church — 3.4 mi away