Bethel Christian Church

The community around Bethel Christian 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. More than half of adults live with obesity, and nearly half 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 families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.

• Obesity: 55.6%
• Food Insecurity: 53.5%
• Poverty Rate: 42.5% (28.2–56.8%)
• Social Isolation: 41.0%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 40.9%
• Housing Insecurity: 38.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.1%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 34.1%
• Transportation Barriers: 27.6%
• Diabetes: 22.9%
• Unemployment: 14.7% (4.2–25.3%)
• Depression: 26.2%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.8%

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

Benton Harbor city is served by 29 churches — about one congregation for every 371 residents.

Churches near Bethel Christian Church

• Progressive Missionary Baptist Church — 0 mi away
• Church in Benton Harbor — 0 mi away
• Peace Temple United Methodist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Congregational Church — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Peters Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Pentecostal Power Church — 0.3 mi away
• Ebeneezer Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• Reed Temple Church of God in Christ — 0.4 mi away
• Saint John Church — 0.5 mi away
• Watts Memorial Church of God — 0.5 mi away