Bethlehem Church

The community around Bethlehem Church

It takes 3.1 miles in every direction to gather two thousand neighbors around this church. Among the people scattered across those miles, about 1 in 5 the people here live without health insurance, and about 1 in 15 the workforce is looking for work and not finding it, and more than a third of adults live with obesity. 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.

• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 17.9% (9.6–26.2%)
• Unemployment: 8.6% (0.1–17.4%)
• Obesity: 38.4%
• Social Isolation: 31.5%
• Depression: 23.8%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 20.5%
• Food Insecurity: 16.4%
• Diabetes: 13.1%

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

Churches near Bethlehem Church

• Mount Dowell Baptist Church — 1 mi away
• Olivet Presbyterian Church — 1.5 mi away
• First Baptist McConnells — 1.7 mi away
• Old Providence Church — 2 mi away
• The Holy Sanctuary — 2.6 mi away
• Saint Paul Church — 3.4 mi away in Chester, SC
• Lowrys Baptist Church — 3.7 mi away in Lowrys, SC
• Great Joy Baptist Church — 3.8 mi away
• Mount Zion Baptist Church — 3.9 mi away
• Zion Presbyterian Church — 4 mi away in Lowrys, SC