Bethel Church

The community around Bethel Church

It takes 8.2 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 21.4% (13.4–29.3%)
• Obesity: 40.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 26.3%
• Social Isolation: 31.0%
• Child Poverty: 27.8% (15.0–40.6%)
• Depression: 26.6%
• Poverty Rate: 19.9% (9.6–30.3%)
• Food Insecurity: 16.9%
• Diabetes: 14.7%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Bethel Church

• Church of God in Christ, Mennonite — 3.3 mi away
• Myrtle Tree Fellowship — 3.9 mi away
• First Baptist Rich Hill — 4.1 mi away
• Rich Hill United Methodist Church — 4.1 mi away
• Rich Hill Christian Church — 4.2 mi away
• First Christian Church — 4.2 mi away
• New Life Fellowship — 4.6 mi away
• Rinehart Christian Church — 7.5 mi away in Richards, MO
• Rinehart Christian Church — 8 mi away in Richards, MO
• Timber Hill Church — 9.2 mi away