Bethlehem Church

The community around Bethlehem Church

It takes 5.5 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and more than 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.

• Obesity: 49.0%
• Food Insecurity: 41.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 36.8%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 35.7%
• Housing Insecurity: 29.0%
• Diabetes: 23.4%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 21.3%
• Social Isolation: 39.3%
• Transportation Barriers: 20.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.7%
• Poverty Rate: 20.9% (9.8–32.1%)

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

Churches near Bethlehem Church

• Coles Creek Church — 1.6 mi away in Fayette, MS
• Saint James Church — 1.6 mi away in Fayette, MS
• Bethelhem Baptist Church — 2.1 mi away
• Mount Zion Church — 2.6 mi away in Fayette, MS
• Jefferson Chapel — 2.7 mi away
• Saint James Church — 2.8 mi away
• Clifton Church — 3.2 mi away in Fayette, MS
• Gospel Church — 3.6 mi away
• Mount Bethel Church — 3.9 mi away
• Greater Mt Bethel Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away