Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist church in Hope, AR 71801. It is one of 72 churches in Hope, and one of 7 Methodist congregations in the city.
Hope, AR, 71801Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 538 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Arkansas — 25,370 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
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The community around Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is 2,100 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for healing in the homes around this building, and for this church to be known as a place to bring what hurts.
- Obesity: 48.8%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.0%
- Food Insecurity: 32.0%
- Social Isolation: 39.3%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 33.2%
- Housing Insecurity: 24.6%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 17.7%
- Diabetes: 17.6%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 17.3%
- Child Poverty: 25.6% (8.4–42.8%)
- Poverty Rate: 21.6% (11.8–31.4%)
- Transportation Barriers: 15.3%
- Uninsured All Ages (Census): 12.6% (6.6–18.6%)
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Hope city is served by 24 churches — about one congregation for every 243 residents.
Churches near Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- First Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church — 0.2 mi away
- Frist Baptist Church of Hope Arankansas — 0.2 mi away
- Lonoke Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Faith Bible Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Presbyterian Church — 0.3 mi away
- Saint Marks Episcopal Church — 0.3 mi away
- First Christian Church — 0.4 mi away
- Unity Baptist Church — 0.5 mi away
- First Assembly of God Church — 0.5 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- Bebe Memorial Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 0.5 mi away
- Mount Zion Christian Methodist Episcopal Church — 1.1 mi away
- Hope Methodist Church — 1.5 mi away
- Oak Grove United Methodist Church — 5.8 mi away
- Sweet Home United Methodist Church — 7.4 mi away