New Bethel AME Zion Church

The community around New Bethel AME Zion Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 3 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. Nearly half of the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and about a third of the people here live below the poverty line. 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.

• Child Poverty: 45.8% (30.9–60.8%)
• Poverty Rate: 35.1% (25.9–44.2%)
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.3%
• Food Insecurity: 31.5%
• Diabetes: 18.1%
• Obesity: 44.7%
• Social Isolation: 34.7%
• Depression: 28.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 21.6%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 16.8%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 16.4% (10.3–22.5%)
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.4%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.0%

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

Churches near New Bethel AME Zion Church

• Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
• First Baptist Church of Forest City — 0.4 mi away
• Grace Chapel Forest City — 0.5 mi away
• Forest City First Seventh-Day Adventist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Florence Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• Forest City Church of God — 0.6 mi away
• Crestview Baptist Church — 0.6 mi away
• First Presbyterian Church — 0.7 mi away
• Harmon Street Baptist Church — 0.7 mi away
• First Wesleyan Church — 0.7 mi away