Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Ministries at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Food pantry
• Emergency Housing
• Young People’s Department

The community around Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 3 in 4 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 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: 74.7%
• Poverty Rate: 54.9%
• Food Insecurity: 26.6%
• Social Isolation: 39.1%
• Depression: 30.2%
• Fair/Poor Health Status: 22.5%
• Housing Insecurity: 17.7%
• Transportation Barriers: 16.4%
• Uninsured Adults 18-64: 14.1% (10.7–19.4%)
• Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 5 census tracts near this church.

Columbia city is served by 119 churches — about one congregation for every 960 residents.

Churches near Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• First Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
• First Young Professionals — 0.1 mi away
• Dream Church — 0.1 mi away
• Ladson Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
• Washington Street United Methodist Church — 0.2 mi away
• Sidney Park CME Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of the Apostles — 0.2 mi away
• St. Paul’s Lutheran Church — 0.2 mi away
• Church of the Good Shepherd — 0.2 mi away
• Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church — 0.3 mi away