Bethel A.M.E. Church
Bethel A.M.E. Church is a Methodist church at 815 West 16th Street in Little Rock, AR 72202. It is one of 444 churches in Little Rock, and one of 22 Methodist congregations in the city.
815 West 16th Street, Little Rock, AR, 72202Bethel A.M.E. Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story.
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The community around Bethel A.M.E. Church
Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 adults live with obesity. About a third of adults say they are socially isolated, and about a third of the children here are growing up below the poverty line. That is two thousand 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: 43.1%
- Social Isolation: 35.1%
- Child Poverty: 34.1% (15.8–52.9%)
- Poverty Rate: 24.4% (15.0–33.7%)
- Food Insecurity: 20.5%
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 28.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 23.4%
- Housing Insecurity: 16.8%
- Diabetes: 14.9%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 13.6%
Source: CDC PLACES, U.S. Census Bureau (2023, 2019-2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.
Little Rock city is served by 267 churches — about one congregation for every 713 residents.
Churches near Bethel A.M.E. Church
- Canaan Missionary Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Rice Memorial Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Gaines Street Baptist Church — 0.1 mi away
- Church of Christ — 0.2 mi away
- Allison United Presbyterian Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church — 0.2 mi away
- Mount Harmony Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- 34th Street Missionary Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away
- New Jerusalem Baptist Church — 0.3 mi away