Bethesda Church

The community around Bethesda Church

It takes 4.0 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 about a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and nearly a quarter 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: 44.0%
• Social Isolation: 32.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.8%
• Food Insecurity: 23.5%
• Diabetes: 17.5%
• Unemployment: 9.2% (0.6–18.4%)
• Depression: 23.7%
• Child Poverty: 22.8% (8.0–37.7%)
• Housing Insecurity: 15.9%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 13.4%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 11.6% (4.4–18.8%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 11.1%

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

Churches near Bethesda Church

• Mount Mary Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
• Pine View Baptist Church — 1.5 mi away
• Peniel Church — 1.6 mi away
• Saint James Church — 2.1 mi away
• Teal Chapel Baptist Church — 2.2 mi away
• Cross Branch Church — 2.4 mi away in Patrick, SC
• Lower Macedonia Baptist Church — 2.8 mi away
• Drucilla Church — 3 mi away
• Mount Olivet Church — 3.1 mi away in Cheraw, SC
• First Southern Church — 3.4 mi away in Cheraw, SC