Bethany United Methodist Church
Bethany United Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Rockford, IL 61104. It is one of 262 churches in Rockford, and one of 11 Methodist congregations in the city.
Rockford, IL, 61104Bethany United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Bethany United Methodist Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than 4 in 5 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity. That is 2,300 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: 84.9%
- Obesity: 52.3%
- Poverty Rate: 51.8%
- Food Insecurity: 45.6%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.3%
- Housing Insecurity: 31.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 24.1%
- Transportation Barriers: 22.7%
- Diabetes: 19.9%
- Unemployment: 16.9% (7.3–26.4%)
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.1%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.7%
- Depression: 24.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.
Churches near Bethany United Methodist Church
- Laotian Christian Church — 0.1 mi away
- Living Faith Tabernacle — 0.1 mi away
- Faith Walkers Assembly International — 0.1 mi away
- Bethel Outreach Ministries — 0.2 mi away
- Zion Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
- Emmanuel Lutheran Church — 0.3 mi away
- Five Gates Church — 0.3 mi away
- Emmanuel Lutheral Mission House — 0.3 mi away
- New Direction Fellowship — 0.3 mi away
- State Street Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away