Bethel Church

The community around Bethel Church

It takes 3.1 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 households aren't sure there will be enough to eat, and about 1 in 5 adults live with diabetes. 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: 47.8%
• Food Insecurity: 31.7%
• Diabetes: 18.9%
• Social Isolation: 35.1%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 27.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 23.2%
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.5%
• Unemployment: 10.0% (1.8–18.2%)
• Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 27.8%
• Poverty Rate: 18.4% (7.5–29.4%)
• Transportation Barriers: 15.1%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.3%
• Uninsured All Ages (Census): 13.4% (7.8–19.0%)

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

Churches near Bethel Church

• Wedgefield Baptist Church — 0.9 mi away
• Wedgefield Presbyterian Church — 1 mi away
• Union Church — 1.4 mi away
• Orange Hill Church — 2.8 mi away
• Reese Chapel — 3.1 mi away
• Wayman Chapel — 3.1 mi away in Sumter, SC
• Church of the Holy Cross — 3.4 mi away in Sumter, SC
• Tiverton Church — 3.8 mi away
• New Beginnings Assembly of God — 3.8 mi away in Sumter, SC
• Rock Church of Sumter — 4.1 mi away in Sumter, SC