Bethlehem Baptist Church

Bethlehem Baptist Church is a church at 2458 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE in Washington, DC 20020-5816. It is one of 867 churches in Washington.

We seek to develop disciples who increasingly embrace and master the teachings and practices of Jesus, so as to commit themselves to effectively serve as agents of change in the world - progressively transforming its kingdoms, be they individual or social, into the Kingdom of God.

Bethlehem Baptist Church was organized in 1872. It was an outgrowth of the Macedonia Baptist Church.

Serving since 1872

2458 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Washington, DC, 20020-5816

Phone: +12028891235 · Website: http://bethlehembaptistdc.org/

Bethlehem Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story.

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The community around Bethlehem Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. More than a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and more than a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,400 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.

  • Social Isolation: 43.3%
  • Food Insecurity: 37.8%
  • Poverty Rate: 35.1% (20.5–49.6%)
  • Housing Insecurity: 29.9%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 22.5%
  • Unemployment: 16.7% (6.7–26.7%)
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 31.4%
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 25.2%
  • Transportation Barriers: 19.7%
  • Obesity: 36.8%
  • Diabetes: 13.2%

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

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