Bethlehem Church

The community around Bethlehem Church

It takes 6.4 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 nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about a third 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: 47.8% (30.7–64.9%)
• Obesity: 47.4%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 35.9%
• Poverty Rate: 33.1% (24.6–41.6%)
• Food Insecurity: 31.5%
• Diabetes: 20.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 19.9%
• Unemployment: 12.0% (4.3–19.7%)
• Social Isolation: 34.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.8%
• Depression: 25.5%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%

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

Churches near Bethlehem Church

• Clover Hill Church — 2.5 mi away
• Stanley Church — 2.7 mi away in Hayti, MO
• Agape Worship Center — 2.7 mi away in Pemiscot County, MO
• Mount Carmel Church — 2.8 mi away in Hayti, MO
• Pleasant Grove Church — 3.3 mi away
• Ingram Ridge Church — 3.4 mi away in Hayti, MO
• Dry Bayou Church — 3.6 mi away
• Church of Christ — 3.9 mi away in Wardell, MO
• Dry Bayou Church — 3.9 mi away
• Glass Memorial Church — 5.5 mi away in Hayti, MO