Bethlehem Church

Bethlehem Church is a Baptist church in Morganton, NC 28655. It is one of 160 churches in Morganton, and one of 11 Baptist congregations in the city.

Morganton, NC, 28655

Bethlehem Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 4,587 congregations of the Baptist family gather across North Carolina — 71,872 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 Bethlehem Church

In the few miles around this church, more than 3 in 10 adults say they are socially isolated. Nearly a quarter of adults here carry depression, and nearly a quarter describe their own health as fair or poor. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the lonely within reach of this door, and for a congregation that notices.

  • Social Isolation: 34.8%
  • Depression: 27.1%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.9%
  • Poverty Rate: 25.0% (15.6–34.3%)
  • Food Insecurity: 21.1%
  • Obesity: 38.8%
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1%
  • Diabetes: 14.1%
  • Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.5% (7.6–19.4%)
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 10.1%
  • Unemployment: 6.6% (2.3–11.0%)

Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 2 census tracts near this church.

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