Bethlehem Missionary Baptist

Bethlehem Missionary Baptist is a church at 456 Arthur Avenue, Pontiac in Pontiac, MI 48341. It is one of 154 churches in Pontiac.

456 Arthur Avenue, Pontiac, Pontiac, MI, 48341

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

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The community around Bethlehem Missionary Baptist

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of adults live with obesity, and more than a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. 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.

  • Obesity: 46.2%
  • Child Poverty: 44.7% (25.1–64.3%)
  • Food Insecurity: 35.3%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.4%
  • Diabetes: 19.0%
  • Social Isolation: 37.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 29.3%
  • Poverty Rate: 28.6% (18.7–38.5%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 17.1%
  • Unemployment: 11.7% (6.0–17.5%)

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

Pontiac city is served by 134 churches — about one congregation for every 462 residents.

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