Bethlehem Church

The community around Bethlehem Church

It takes 8.3 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. A scattered parish is still a parish.

Pray for the families driving a long way to everything — to work, to a hospital, to this door on a Sunday morning.

• Child Poverty: 44.9% (31.1–58.7%)
• Obesity: 41.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 28.2%
• Diabetes: 16.0%
• Unemployment: 10.3% (5.0–15.6%)
• Social Isolation: 31.1%
• Depression: 26.0%
• Poverty Rate: 20.2% (14.7–25.6%)
• Food Insecurity: 17.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.6% (9.4–17.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.2%

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

Churches near Bethlehem Church

• Pine Valley Church — 3.4 mi away
• Lower Doe Run Church — 4.3 mi away
• Roland Church — 4.4 mi away in Piedmont, MO
• Yount Church — 5.6 mi away in Van Buren, MO
• First Baptist Church — 6.8 mi away
• Liberty Church — 7.4 mi away in Van Buren, MO
• Oak Grove Church — 7.7 mi away in Piedmont, MO
• Saint Ann Church — 7.9 mi away
• Antioch Church — 9.3 mi away
• Dry Hill Church — 9.5 mi away