Bethel Baptist Church

Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 724 Harrison Avenue in Rockford, IL 61104. It is one of 262 churches in Rockford, and one of 31 Baptist congregations in the city.

724 Harrison Avenue, Rockford, IL, 61104

Website: http://www.baptistgeneralstateconvention.org/about-us/our-churches/bethel-baptist-church.html

Bethel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Bethel Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 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 two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

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  • Child Poverty: 70.2%
  • Obesity: 51.2%
  • Food Insecurity: 43.6%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 38.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 36.6% (25.1–48.1%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 30.9%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 22.3%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.8%
  • Diabetes: 19.1%
  • Social Isolation: 40.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.4%
  • Transportation Barriers: 21.2%
  • Unemployment: 11.0% (5.2–16.7%)
  • Depression: 25.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Rockford city is served by 165 churches — about one congregation for every 832 residents.

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