Bethel Church

The community around Bethel Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than half of 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.

Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Child Poverty: 58.0%
• Obesity: 48.9%
• Food Insecurity: 40.9%
• Social Isolation: 40.4%
• Poverty Rate: 39.1% (28.5–49.7%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 37.2%
• Housing Insecurity: 28.3%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 23.3%
• Diabetes: 22.5%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.5%
• Depression: 27.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.0%
• Unemployment: 9.9% (1.6–18.9%)

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

Churches near Bethel Church

• Evangel Temple Assembly of God — 0.3 mi away
• Ridgecrest Baptist Church — 0.4 mi away in Ridgecrest, LA
• Crossbridge Church — 0.8 mi away
• Saint Thomas Church — 0.9 mi away
• Old Saint Reed Church — 0.9 mi away
• Sycamore Baptist Church — 1.4 mi away in Vidalia, LA
• The Pentecostals of the Miss-Lou — 1.6 mi away
• Saint James Church — 1.8 mi away
• Mount Beulah Baptist Church — 2 mi away
• New Morning Star Baptist Church — 2 mi away