Bethlehem Church

The community around Bethlehem Church

It takes 4.9 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of adults live with obesity, and nearly a quarter have no one they feel they can count on. 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.

• Social Isolation: 34.8%
• Obesity: 38.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.6%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.6%
• Food Insecurity: 19.3%
• Housing Insecurity: 15.0%
• Diabetes: 14.9%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.7% (7.4–17.9%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

Churches near Bethlehem Church

• Flint Hill Church — 2.5 mi away
• Midway Church — 3.1 mi away
• Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church — 3.5 mi away in Oxford, MS
• Bay Springs Baptist Church — 4.2 mi away
• Philadelphia Baptist Church — 4.3 mi away
• Christian Rest Church — 5.4 mi away
• Salem Church — 6.4 mi away in Potts Camp, MS
• Hopewell Church — 6.6 mi away in Oxford, MS
• Bethlehem Church — 6.6 mi away in Potts Camp, MS
• New Liberty Hill Church — 6.8 mi away in Thaxton, MS