Mount Bethel Baptist Church

Mount Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Gulfport, MS 39501. It is one of 157 churches in Gulfport, and one of 14 Baptist congregations in the city.

Gulfport, MS, 39501

Mount Bethel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Mount Bethel Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 2 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. 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.

  • Social Isolation: 40.1%
  • Food Insecurity: 36.2%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.8%
  • Housing Insecurity: 25.5%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 23.7% (14.7–32.8%)
  • Diabetes: 18.4%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 18.2%
  • Unemployment: 13.9% (2.0–26.0%)
  • Obesity: 43.6%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 34.3%
  • Child Poverty: 33.0% (16.0–50.3%)
  • Poverty Rate: 29.4% (18.0–40.9%)
  • Transportation Barriers: 18.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%

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

Gulfport city is served by 38 churches — about one congregation for every 1,727 residents.

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