New Bethel Church

The community around New Bethel Church

It takes 3.0 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, more than 5 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of adults live with obesity, and about 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.

• Child Poverty: 50.6% (36.1–65.2%)
• Obesity: 49.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 34.6%
• Food Insecurity: 33.3%
• Poverty Rate: 31.1% (23.0–39.3%)
• Diabetes: 21.8%
• Unemployment: 12.5% (5.5–19.4%)
• Social Isolation: 33.1%
• Housing Insecurity: 22.9%
• Transportation Barriers: 18.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.9%
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 26.6%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 15.2%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Churches near New Bethel Church

• Aaron Church — 0.5 mi away
• Dogwood Church — 1.3 mi away in Rowland, NC
• Benson Church — 1.5 mi away in Rowland, NC
• Ashpole Center United Methodist Church — 2.2 mi away in Rowland, NC
• Iona Church — 2.5 mi away
• Centenary Church — 3.1 mi away in Rowland, NC
• Greater Highway Church of Christ — 3.1 mi away in Rowland, NC
• Providence Church — 3.3 mi away in Rowland, NC
• Asbury Methodist Church — 3.5 mi away in Raynham, NC
• Raynham Baptist Church — 3.6 mi away in Raynham, NC