Bethel Baptist Church

Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Lucedale, MS 39452. It is one of 105 churches in Lucedale, and one of 32 Baptist congregations in the city.

Lucedale, MS, 39452

Bethel Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,483 congregations of the Baptist family gather across Mississippi — 71,417 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around Bethel Baptist Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third of the people here live below the poverty line, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 53.3% (38.2–68.3%)
  • Poverty Rate: 32.1% (21.9–42.2%)
  • Obesity: 40.4%
  • Social Isolation: 36.3%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.8%
  • Food Insecurity: 24.3%
  • Diabetes: 16.0%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 29.0%
  • Housing Insecurity: 17.4%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.9%

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

Lucedale city is served by 13 churches — about one congregation for every 229 residents.

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